Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) at the Yankaba Eastern Bypass Roundabout in Kano have arrested two suspects in connection with vandalism and theft.
The Public Relations Officer of the NSCDC Kano State Command, Ibrahim Abdullahi, confirmed the arrest in a statement released on Monday. He stated that the first suspect, Murtala Aliyu Muhd, 35, a resident of Dawakin Dakata quarters in Nassarawa Local Government Area, Kano, was apprehended late at night after gaining entry into the Dakata Juma’at mosque through its window.
Muhd successfully stole and made away with one of the mosque’s solar energy batteries, which supplies electricity to the worship centre. He was intercepted and arrested by personnel of the Corps on security duty at a checkpoint while attempting to sell the battery at the market. He failed to provide a satisfactory explanation of where he obtained the battery or was taking it.
It was also noted that the same suspect had recently been accused of stealing over 300,000 Naira from the mosque, an allegation he confessed to.
Similarly, another suspected vandal, 19-year-old Musbahu Sani from Darmanawa quarters in Tarauni Local Government Area, was also apprehended. Sani was arrested in possession of large armoured cables believed to have been stolen during a vandalism incident.
According to Abdullahi, Sani admitted to removing the wires from an electricity installation (transformer) at Darmanawa quarters. He was taking the cables to market when he was captured by civil defence personnel along Court Road, Gyadi-Gyadi, Kano State.
Following the investigation, both suspects would be charged in court for appropriate prosecution.
