The Niger State Police Command has identified a private security man guarding an estate in Niger State, 33-year-old Saddam Mohammed, as being involved in the theft of two 1000 KVA transformers belonging to the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company.
Our correspondent learnt that the estate, located at the Federal Housing Estate, Tungan-Shanu, Niger State, reported the theft at the Maje Police Division, which swung into action to recover the stolen transformers.
It was further gathered that operatives of the division during a stop and search operation intercepted the transformers along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway and Maje-Dikko road in a Hijet vehicle being driven by one of the suspects, 28-year-old Bilyaminu Jibrin.
The suspect, Arewa PUNCH again learnt, told the police during interrogation that 53-year-old Yahaya Nepa hired him to deliver the stolen items to a location in Jabi, the Federal Capital Territory.
Following the revelation, the police arrested Nepa who later told them that he purchased the transformers from the estate’s security man, Saddam Mohammed at the rate of N750,000 each.
