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By John Ogunsemore
A 37-year-old security guard, Adebayo Afeez, has been arrested for allegedly stealing an armoured cable belonging to his employer, a telecommunications company based in Ogba, Ikeja, Lagos State.
In a statement on Wednesday, the police said the suspect was arrested by operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS).
He allegedly stole the firm’s electricity cable worth N632,000 and sold it to a scrap metal buyer for N30,000.
According to the police, Adebayo was arrested in the company’s (name withheld) premises after the buyer of the cable, Musbau Amodu, 32, led the operatives to the seller.
“The operatives who were patrolling Ogba around 4:00 a.m. on Sunday arrested Amodu with the wrapped cable for failing to satisfactorily explain how he got a 4mm armoured cable measuring 100 metres and another, a 10mm cable of about 20 metres.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that Adebayo stole the cables from the company’s store before selling them to Amodu around 4:00 a.m. for N30,000 on Sunday.
“The cable according to the company’s source is worth N632,000,” the statement reads in part.
The police said investigations further revealed that they have been transacting since Adebayo was deployed to the Ogba based company as a guard from his employing security firm.
“The suspects have been charged to court,” the statement further reads.
