RRS arrest Cable thief in Lagos state.
52 days after the commissioning of Light Up Lagos Project by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, at the Old Toll Gate end of Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command, over the weekend, arrested a vandal digging up the armoured cable and removing its silver protector in Ojota area of the state. The suspected cable thief, Obaji Christopher, 23, from Benue State, was caught red-handed by RRS operatives who were on routine surveillance of Ojota loop, inward Ketu – Alapere Road at about 11:20 a.m. while pulling out the cable from the ground. Obaji, who explained to interrogators that he just got to Lagos two weeks ago, was seen with an accomplice still at large, digging up the armoured cable with hoe and removing its silver protector before he was arrested. One of the RRS men who arrested the suspect (who spoke on condition of anonymity) explained, "early on Saturday morning, during our dai...