Benue: Policeman, two other cable vandals arrested

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Three persons, including a suspected police officer, were apprehended by a vigilance group in the early hours of Tuesday vandalising electrical cables around Demekpe in Makurdi, the Benue State capital.

According to a resident, who simply identified himself as Debur, the suspects were vandalising electrical cables around the Demekpe community when the community vigilante members arrested them.

He said, “The incident happened around 3:00 am on Tuesday when we heard the noise of the vigilantes and the suspects, which made some youths in the community come out.

“Safe for the vigilantes, the youths wanted to set them ablaze, but they hurriedly called policemen from the D Division, who came and took them away.“In the possession of one of the suspects was a police identity card with ID 309976 and the name Innocent Ishaku, with his picture attached to it.’’ Punch