A combined patrol team of officers from Aviation Security’s Crime Investigation and Intelligence(CII) Unit, and the Joint Military Task Force(JMTF) have arrested three persons suspected to be cable thieves around the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Training School.
Two of the suspects were caught at about 0352hours Friday July 29, 2023, while digging and cutting electric cables connecting the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Powerhouse (International Wing, MMA) to the Domestic Terminal(MMA), while the third suspect, who serves as a link between the two other suspects and buyers at Arena Market, Oshodi was apprehended at exactly 0556hours, at Hajj & Cargo Terminal following confessions made by the two other suspects.
Ongoing investigation revealed that one of the suspects was convicted and sentenced to 28days imprisonment for a similar offence, sometime in April, 2022.
According to a statement by Abdullahi Yakubu-Funtua, Director, Public Affairs & Consumer Protection at FAAN, the suspects are presently being interrogated by officials of FAAN AVSEC after which they will be handed over to the Police for prosecution.
Recall that at about 01:35hrs Friday July 21, 2023, the guards on duty at the Nigeria Airforce HQ NADC gate halted three alleged cable thieves within the same airport.
