Three persons suspected to be cable thieves have been apprehended around the FAAN Training School in Lagos.
This is coming barely a week three armoured cable thieves also attempted to dig up cables around the airport and one of the suspected thieves was shot on the shoulder by airforce officers while two escaped.
The suspected thieves were nabbed by a combined patrol team of officers from Aviation Security’s Crime Investigation and Intelligence(CII) Unit, and the Joint Military Task Force(JMTF).
Abdullahi Yakubu-Funtua, Director, Public Affairs &Consumer Protection in a news release says, two of the suspects were caught at about 0352hours while digging and cutting electric cables connecting the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Powerhouse(International Wing, MMA) to the Domestic Terminal(MMA), while the third suspect, who serves as a link between the two other suspects and buyers at Arena Market, Oshodi was apprehended at exactly 0556hours, at Hajj & Cargo Terminal following confessions made by the two other suspects.
“Ongoing investigation revealed that one of the suspects was convicted and sentenced to 28days imprisonment for a similar offence, sometime in April, 2022”.
He said, “The suspects are presently being interrogated by officials of FAAN AVSEC after which they will be handed over to the Police for prosecution”.
