The Oyo State police command has arrested a 21-year-old suspect, Ayomide Ojo, over alleged vandalism and theft of house-wiring cables worth over N2 million in the Ogbomoso area of the state.
The disclosure was made on Thursday in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, Ayanlade Olayinka.
He said the suspect was arrested on Monday at about 5:30 p.m along Bosunla Street, Ogbomoso.
“The operatives accosted the suspect while he was in possession of a sack fully loaded with house-wiring cables suspected to have been removed from a building under construction within Ogbomoso Township,” he said.
He stated that the suspect was subjected to preliminary interrogation, during which he confessed to vandalising the cables alongside one Warris, presently at large.
He added that the cables were vandalised from an uncompleted building opposite Akala House in Ogbomoso.
“Based on this disclosure, police operatives immediately visited the identified scene of crime, where the owner of the vandalised property, Salaudeen Rasaq, was contacted,” Mr Olayinka said.
He said he estimated the value of the cables removed from his building at ₦2,692,000.
“Investigation is ongoing, with concerted efforts being made to apprehend the fleeing accomplice, Warris, as well as identify and arrest other persons involved in the criminal chain, particularly those who receive and dispose of vandalised cables,” he said.