Police arrests four suspected vandals in Bauchi

Police operatives in Bauchi have arrested four men for alleged vandalisation of 11 electricity transformers in Azare, headquarters of Katagum local government area of the state.

The spokesman for the state police command, Ahmed Wakili, who confirmed the development in a statement on Friday in Bauchi, said the suspects were arrested by a joint team of Mobile Police and local hunters in Azare town on January 17.

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The suspects are – Adamu Ahmed (30), Usman Mohammed (28), Sulaiman Muhammed (35) and Umar Abdullahi (35).

The suspects, according to the spokesman, were arrested with a white-colored Opel Vectra vehicle with registration number BWR 55PZ with 12 empty jerry cans and assorted spanners.

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