BREAKING NEWS

Uzairu Sulaimon, a polytechnic student, has
been
arrested. He was arrested by operatives of
the Federal
Capital Territory Police Command for
vandalising
underground armoured cables at Maitama,
Abuja. The
24-year old ordinary diploma computer
science student
was nabbed as he emerged from a manhole
where he
stole the cables.
His accomplice, identified as Muar, however
escaped.
Sulaimon told Northern City News at the
FCT Police
Command that it was the second time he
vandalised
underground cables, which they sold to
some
unidentified traders in Apo market. He stated
that he
was given N10,000 as his share by Umar,
adding that
he worked for Umar.
The suspect stated that he used to be a
commercial
motorcyclist but took to crime when officials
of the
FCT Directorate of Road Traffic Services,
otherwise
known as Vehicle Inspection Officers,
confiscated his
motorcycle about three months ago.
Sulaimon said, “I am a student of a
polytechnic in
Zamfara but I decided to come to Abuja
after the

school was shut down. I was engaged by
Umar to cut
armoured cables which we sold to some
traders. We
usually burned the cables and sold the wires
inside it.”
Exhibits recovered from Sulaimon included a
cutter,
rolls of armoured cables and a Volkswagen
Golf car.