FCT police arrest eight suspected vandals, recover streetlight poles

By Kingsley Omonobi
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested eight suspected members of a vandalism gang and recovered five stolen streetlight poles in Abuja.

The suspects were arrested by police patrol operatives attached to the Central Police Station during a routine anti-crime operation in the city centre.

The Command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a statement, saying the arrests were made at about 3am on October 23, 2026.

She identified the suspects as Sani Musa, Ashiru Adamu, Markus Joseph, Suleman Ibrahim, Jamilu Umar, Usman Aliyu, Uzairu Sani and Shafiu Bala.

Adeh said preliminary investigations indicated that the suspe...