The
Power Holding Company of Nigeria says the Lagos State Police Command arrested
two men for allegedly vandalising a transformer belonging to it.
The
Assistant General Manager, Public Affairs, Pekun Adeyanju, said in a statement
on Tuesday that the suspects were caught in the act on Monday at Oshodi area of
the state where they were removing the four single core cables from the feeder
pillar at LSDPC 500KVA Sehinde Calypso Transformer.
Adeyanju
lamented that transformer vandalism was on the rise and called on members of
the public to be vigilant and desist from tampering with transformers.
He
said, “According to information available to Ikeja Electricity Distribution
Company, the vandals were arrested by a team of police men guarding a hotel
near the transformer and were handed over to Akinpelu Police Station Oshodi for
further interrogation and prosecution.
“However,
the Management of PHCN Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company expressed her
sincere appreciation to Nigerian Police in assisting PHCN to arrest and
prosecute the thieves and urged the police authority to ensure speedy
prosecution of the vandals to serve as deterrent to others.
“We
also implore the Community Development Association and other security agencies
to assist in fighting the menace of vandalism of PHCN facilities in our society
for appreciable progress in electricity industry.”
PUNCH
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