Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, Enugu State Command have arrested a syndicate of vandals who specializes in vandalizing power cables.
According to a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer, Enugu Command, SP Daniel Ndukwe, Police operatives arrested three suspects with vandalized cables during a stop-and-search routine.
It read “Police operatives of the Enugu State Command, attached to the Distress Response Squad (DRS), on 20th October 2025, at about 4:48 a.m., intercepted and arrested three male suspects for vandalizing power cables, while on routine stop-and-search duty along the Enugu/Port-Harcourt Expressway.
“They recovered lengths of vandalized high-voltage aluminum cables concealed with cassava crop leaves, one big cable cutter, two pairs of rubber gloves, a black bag containing clothes, and the suspects’ operational white-coloured minibus with registration number ENU 450 XK.
“The arrested suspects, Chukwu Kelvin (aged 25), Kenechukwu Ude (aged 25), and Uche Nwankwo (aged 28), confessed to having vandalized the cables from electric poles along Ukete Road, Oduma community in Aninri LGA, and were transporting them to the New Artisan Market, Enugu, for sale. They will be arraigned in court upon conclusion of investigations.”
The Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, CP Mamman Bitrus Giwa reiterated the Command’s commitment to fishing out vandals and other criminals bent on destroying and denying citizens the enjoyment of essential social amenities.
He also called on citizens to continue to support the Police in this quest.
