NSCDC Arrests Five Cable Vandals in Abuja Operations

The Federal Capital Territory Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) arrested five suspected electrical cable vandals during operations in Abaji, Kubwa, and Wuye, Abuja. The command recovered high-tension aluminium conductor cables, electrical installation wires, and armoured cables.

Commandant Dr Olusola Odumosu stated that these arrests are part of an intensified intelligence-led operation to safeguard critical national assets and infrastructure. In Abaji, a 44-year-old man, Mammud Nuhu, was arrested for unlawful possession of high-tension cables, with two accomplices, Saifullah and Abdulrahman, reportedly at large.

Nuhu was granted administrative bail while investigations continue. In a separate operation in Kubwa, two 27-year-old men, Amos Makama and Ibrahim Mohammed Maitama Inuwa, were arrested for vandalism at Government Secondary School, Kubwa, on October 17, 2026.

Makama was apprehended with approximately 38 rolls of electrical installation cables and tools used for the operation.