Operatives of the Nigeria Safety and Civil Defence Corps on the Yankaba Japanese Bypass Roundabout in Kano have arrested a suspected Juma’at mosque vandal.
The Public Relations Officer of the NSCDC Kano State Command, Ibrahim Abdullahi, confirmed the arrest in a press release launched on Monday.
He mentioned the suspect, Murtala Aliyu Muhd, 35, a resident of Dawakin Dakata quarters in Nassarawa Native Authorities Space, Kano, was apprehended late at evening after gaining entry into the Dakata Juma’at mosque by its window.
“The suspect efficiently stole and made away with one of many mosque’s photo voltaic vitality batteries, which provides electrical energy to the worship centre.
“The next day, whereas trying to promote the battery on the market, he was intercepted and arrested by personnel of the Corps on safety obligation at a checkpoint. He failed to supply a passable rationalization of the place he obtained the battery or was taking it,” the assertion mentioned.
It was additionally famous that the identical suspect had lately been accused of stealing over 300,000 Naira from the mosque, an allegation he confessed to.
Equally, one other suspected vandal, 19-year-old Musbahu Sani from Darmanawa quarters in Tarauni Native Authorities Space, was additionally apprehended.
In line with Abdullahi, Sani was arrested in possession of huge armoured cables believed to have been stolen throughout a vandalism incident.
He mentioned upon interrogation, the suspect admitted to eradicating the wires from an electrical energy set up (transformer) at Darmanawa quarters.
“He was taking the cables to market when he was captured by civil defence personnel alongside Court docket Street, Gyadi-Gyadi, Kano State,” Abdullahi mentioned.
He added that following the investigation, each suspects can be charged in courtroom for acceptable prosecution.