Operatives of Rapid Response Squad, Ekiti State Police Command, have arrested two suspects involved in siphoning diesel from the generating plants used in powering street lights in Ado Ekiti, the state capital.
The
Police Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu, said on Thursday that the two
suspects, Danjuma and Idowu, were arrested on Wednesday by men of the RRS along
NTA Road, Ado Ekiti while trying to get away with a 25 litre gallon containing
diesel suspected to have been siphoned from the generating set.
Abutu
said, “The suspects confessed during interrogation that they committed the
crime.
“The
suspects also confessed that they have been selling the stolen diesel to
unsuspecting residents of Ado-Ekiti, for some time. They will be arraigned in
due course”, the police spokesperson said.
Abutu
called on Ekiti residents to always be security conscious and endeavor to
report any untoward incident around them to security operatives to take
necessary actions.
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