Five Persons Arrested For Vandalizing EEDC Property
Five persons have been arrested for vandalizing the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company’s property.
One of them a student at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, was apprehended at the school premises by the institution’s security, while large quantities of peeled coated cables and sophisticated equipment used for vandalism were recovered from his room.
A statement issued by EEDC’s Public Relations Officer, PRO, Emeka Ezeh, over the weekend in Enugu, said student, while confessing to the crime, claimed he carried out the unlawful act alone at night during classes and sells his loot to a buyer in Onitsha.
Ezeh confirmed that “investigation is already ongoing to arrest the receiver of these vandalized items.
He also disclosed that at Oshituma, Ohaukwu Local Government Area, Ebonyi State, three vandal suspects identified as Fleke Kingsley, Egbo Friday, and Okefe Stanley were arrested by the community vigilante while in possession of 3 bags containing about 6 spans of aluminum conductors suspected to belong to EEDC.
According to him, also, recently at Abakaliki, a suspect identified as Chinemere Obiah, was arrested by Civil Security Guards attached to the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, in possession of upriser cables suspected to belong to EEDC.
Ezeh lamented the increasing rate at which EEDC facilities are being attacked by vandals and called on customers to remain vigilant and ensure the electricity installations serving them are not attacked by vandals.
“There is no day that passes without a report of a vandalized facility in our network”, Ezeh said.
“This is inconveniencing our customers and making us deploy the scarce resources meant for other projects into the replacement of the vandalized items, and this is no longer sustainable”.
He confirmed that the arrested vandals have been handed over to the respective police formations for detailed investigation and possible prosecution.
Ezeh therefore, appealed to customers to see the electricity facility within their neighborhood as their own property and raise alarm anytime they suspect strange and suspicious activity within such a facility.
“We should all work together as stakeholders to checkmate this ugly trend.”
He, on behalf of EEDC, expresed appreciation to the various vigilante groups, neighbourhood watch within its franchise area for their consistent support in fighting the ugly trend.
He also thanked the various state security agencies for their continued support.
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