By Isah Aliyu Chiroma
A 21- year -old suspect, Timothy Marcus escaped death during a joint operation with friends to smuggle transformer armored cables.
The incident took place on Tuesday at Shagari Quarters in Dutse, Jigawa state capital, when was seen by the residents as he was removing an armored cable out of a transformer.
The Spokesman of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in the ttate, CSC. Adamu Shehu confirmed the occurrence of the incident, saying the NSCDC has received a report that a suspected electricity transformer armored cable thief was caught by residents of Shagari Quarters and was being seriously beaten by angry mob.
As a result, he added, the NSCDC response squad was mobilized to the scene where the suspect was rescued, arrested, and then taken to the hospital for medical treatment.
Adamu said after the treatment, the suspect confessed that he was invited by his friends Jamilu, aka Samari, and one other person to partake in the stripping and packaging of the transformer armored cable.
The NSCDC spokesman noted that it was a case of vandalization, theft, and criminal conspiracy contrary to section 1(9) of the miscellaneous offenses act, sections 286 and 96 of the State Penal Code Law, respectively.
He said the suspect would be charged to court after investigations.
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