Police arrest four suspected telecom infrastructure vandals in Oyo, recover ₦8m solar equipment. Credit: X | Oyo State Police Command

The Oyo State Police Command has arrested four suspected telecommunications infrastructure vandals and recovered stolen solar equipment valued at about ₦8 million.

The command disclosed this in a statement issued by its spokesperson, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka and shared on X on Tuesday.

According to the statement, operatives of the Command Monitoring Unit arrested the suspects on June 20 during a routine stop-and-search operation at the Irepo area along the Oyo-Ogbomoso Expressway.

The suspects were identified as Jimoh Mufutau, 35, of Mowe-Ibafo, Ogun State; Saheed Akanbi, 34, of Onipanu, Lagos State; Lateef Ibrahim, 37, of Igando, Lagos State; and Lukman Jimoh, 38, of Isheri/Berger, Lagos State.