Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole on patrol at the outskirts of Maiduguri metropolis, Borno State on Monday, arrested four suspected vandals of critical national assets in the area.

According to the Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, the patrol team, intercepted Aliyu Jubril, a 24 years old man, who is also a member of the National Youth Service Corps, Ismail Baba, 22 years old and a student of Ramat Polytechnic, Mohammed Suleiman, aged 25, a driver and Mohammed Bukar aged 15, and assistant to the driver, at Silo along Maiduguri-Damboa road while attempting to cart away heavy armoured cables belonging to Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) that they vandalised.

“They lifted and loaded the heavy cables in a truck using a crane with registration number 09B-15BO before their arrest. One of the suspects came with a Honda Accord car (2001 model) with registration number GA 544-ABC in a bid to escort (the suspects) to an undisclosed location. The suspects are being interrogated and would soon be handed over to the appropriate security agency,” Usman said in a statement.

•Photo shows the suspects.