Ogun So-Safe nabs four for stealing N5m cables  

The Ogun State Community, Social Orientation, and Safety Corps, known as So-Safe Corps, has arrested four men accused of vandalising and stealing N5m cables from a building inside OPIC Estate, Agbara, in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state.

Those arrested are Mubarak Sheu, Usman Umar, Naura Abubakar, and Aba Rabiu.

This was disclosed in a statement issued on Monday from the office of the State Commander of the Corps, Soji Ganzallo, through the Office of the Director of Information and Public Relations of the Corps, Assistant Commander Moruf Yusuf.

The statement partly read, “At approximately 12:08 hrs on March 22, 2024, officers of the Corps from the Igere-Ihunsa Divisional Command under Assistant Commander Adebesin Lukmon, the Agbara Area Commander in Ado Ota Local Government Area, while on routine patrol, received a distress call requesting their assistance.

“Upon receiving the alert, the officers swiftly responded and apprehended four suspected members of a robbery syndicate. The suspects arrested, who are residents of Lusada town, are identified as Mubarak Sheu, Usman Umar, Naura Abubakar, and Aba Rabiu.

“The suspects were caught at Block F, Plot 13, Future Expansion, OPIC Estate, Agbara while vandalising conduit wires, cables, and sockets.

“This incident marked not their first attack on the said address. The following exhibits were recovered from them: conduit wires, cables, and sockets worth over N5m.”

The suspects and the recovered exhibits were said to have been transferred to the Nigeria Police Force, Agbara Divisional Police Headquarters, for further investigation and prosecution.