Niger Police Command  arrest  2 transformer  vandals, motorcycle snatchers

By Daniel Ebi, Minna 

The Niger  state Police command has  arrested  two man syndicate  specializing in   vandalizing  public power  supply transformers  within  Minna  metropolis. 

The Command public Relations officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun  in a Crime bulletin made available  to newsmen  disclosed that the  two suspected electric transformer vandals; Idris Garba 21yrs and Saifullahi  Alkasim 28yrs both of Alagbado, Minna were arrested.

He said the  suspects were arrested by Police operatives of ‘B’ Div Minna at a transformer spot within the area during an attempt to vandalize the cables, while two others escaped. 

The suspects arrested have been transferred to SCID Minna for further investigation and prosecution.

Similarly,  two other  suspects  who are suspected to have snatched  a motorcycle  were also nabbed by  the crack  team of the state  police command. 

“On 28/8/2025 at about 10am, based on intelligence received that two suspects; Ilyasu Hassan and Ibrahim Mohammed were sighted during an attempt to sell a suspected stolen Bajaj motorcycle within Suleja,

” Police operatives attached to ‘B’ Div Suleja moved to the scene, arrested the suspects and recovered the stolen motorcycle”.

The  command  Spokesman said, during interrogation, the suspects confessed that the motorcycle was stolen from Jere along Kaduna-Abuja Expressway. Suspects were arraigned in court for prosecution.

Meanwhile, Police has busted a criminal  hide out in a remote village in Paikoro LGA of Niger State. 

“Based on credible information on criminalities around Daza, Police operatives of Tactical Support Team (TST) stormed an isolated camp at Daza, via Kafin-Koro Paikoro LGA.

“Immediately the Police teams were sighted around the camp, two suspected hoodlums hiding within the camp took to their heels and escaped.”

 However,  he said a search was carried out in the camp and one locally fabricated revolver gun was recovered. Surveillance and monitoring continues on the camp to arrest the fleeing hoodlums terrorising the area.