Police arrest five over Enugu infrastructure vandalism
Enugu State Police Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Daniel Ndukwe. Photo: File
The Enugu State Police Command has arrested five persons in three separate operations for allegedly vandalising and stealing public infrastructure in the state.
The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, identifying the vandalised infrastructure as a solar street light, road traffic signs and materials belonging to the Enugu State Water Corporation.
Ndukwe said on September 27, 2026, at about 8:30pm, operatives of the New Haven Police Division, acting on a tip-off, arrested two men, Wisdom Nuhu and Moses Jonathan, at a scrap dump in New Artisan Market, Enugu.
He said the suspects were allegedly negotiating the sale of a stolen solar street light when the police arrested them and recovered the item.
“During interrogation, the suspects confessed to vandalising and stealing the solar street light earlier that day at Graceland Estate, Independence Layout, Enugu,” he said.
Similarly, Ndukwe said operatives of the Abakaliki Road Police Division, acting on a distress alert from the Enugu State Command-and-Control Centre, arrested a 35-year-old man, Chukwudi Nwigbo, along Abakaliki Road, GRA, Enugu, at about 3:34am on September 24.
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“The suspect and an accomplice, who fled the scene, were detected by the security surveillance system while removing road traffic signs. Many vandalised road signs bearing different inscriptions were recovered from the suspect,” he said.
In another operation on September 15, operatives of the command’s Violent Crime Response Unit, in collaboration with members of the Neighbourhood Watch Group, arrested two men, Zubairu Hamanpedimso, 31, and Mohamed Adamu, 21, for allegedly conspiring to vandalise and steal materials belonging to the Enugu State Water Corporation.
According to Ndukwe, a bag containing iron materials, bolts and nuts allegedly vandalised and stolen from the corporation was recovered from the suspects.
He said all five suspects had been arraigned and remanded in correctional custody pending further hearing.
Ndukwe added that efforts were ongoing to arrest other accomplices still at large.
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