Police arrest five suspects over alleged fraud, transformer vandalism, others in Yobe

Five suspects have been arrested in connection with separate cases of fraud, vandalism of a community transformer, and causing grievous hurt in different parts of Yobe state by operatives of the state police command.
This was disclosed in a press statement signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, and made available to newsmen on Thursday.
According to the statement, operatives of ‘A’ Division Damaturu, on 6th August arrested two suspects, Mohammed Sani, 26, of Zanna Zakarya Housing Estate, and Ali Isa Waziri, 25, of Waziri Ibrahim Housing Estate, over a fraud incident reported on 31st July, 2026.
“The suspects were alleged to have fraudulently obtained...