By Golok Nanmwa, JOS
Three suspects have been arrested by the police over alleged vandalism and theft of critical water infrastructure belonging to the Plateau State Municipal Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (PLAMWASSA) in Shendam Local Government Area of the state.
The agency said the suspects were arrested following an investigation into the theft of an office safe from its Business Office in the GRA area of Shendam in the early hours of Saturday, July 11, 2026.
The General Manager of PLAMWASSA, Geologist Jelkyes Dakat, said preliminary investigations linked the suspects not only to the theft of the safe but also to previous attacks on the agency’s facilities in the area.
Dakat described the arrests as a major breakthrough in efforts to dismantle what he alleged was an organised syndicate involved in the vandalism of public water infrastructure across Plateau State.
