2 nabbed for stealing cables powering Yola water treatment plant

<p>Two young men have been nabbed by the Police for allegedly vandalising a power line and stealing armoured cables supplying electricity to a water treatment plant in the Adamawa State capital, Yola.</p>, <p>Operatives of the Adamawa State Command of the Nigeria Police arrested the youths over the theft of the armoured cables connecting the water treatment plant in Boronji, a residential community near the Government House, Yola.</p>, <p>According to a statement from the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Nguroje, the suspects, Yohanna Sulei, 25, and 17-year-old Emmanuel Joseph were arrested by police operatives attached to Dougirei Divisional Police Headquarters, Jimeta.</p>, <p>The two suspects are residents of Boronji.</p>, <p>Nguroje, in the Police statement released Monday afternoon, said the operatives while on a confidence-building building patrol along the Boronji Water Treatment Plant, responded to a distress call from the manager of the plant.</p>, <p>“The suspects conspired and vandalized armoured cables connecting light to the treatment plant, resulting in shutting down of water supply.</p>, <p>“Investigation so far revealed that the suspects are collaborating with some yet-to-be-arrested receivers who benefit even more from the services of the water treatment plant”, Nguroje stated.</p>, <p>He said the Commissioner of Police, CP Afolabi Babatola, warned those receiving such items to desist, henceforth or prepare for the end result.</p>, <p>He stressed that the receivers of the cables in this particular case would be traced and arrested and be made to face the law.</p>