Hoodlums using army van steal N60m Lagos cables

The police in Lagos State have arrested some hoodlums for vandalising and stealing telecommunications cables worth N60m in the Ojodu Berger and Ogba areas of the state.

Our correspondent learnt that the suspects, who worked for a yet-to-be-identified company, came in a military van, marked OP MESSA Sector 3 005, with number plate NA 0002 9 Brigade.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the suspects, who wore green vests, allegedly unearthed and cut the cables before packing them into a truck on Saturday around 2pm.

Our correspondent gathered that the cables, which belonged to a firm, Peace Global Satellite Communications Limited, were thereafter taken away by the suspects.

The men, numbering eight, were said to have vandalised the cables on the grounds that they belonged to the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited and that their firm had bought the NITEL cables.

While the act of vandalism allegedly went on, a worker of PGSC, who reportedly asked them to stop the act, was allegedly beaten up by a soldier who accompanied them.

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