The Osun Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has apprehended six individuals on charges of energy theft.
The command, in a statement released by its Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Kehinde Adeleke, disclosed that the suspects were captured during a collaborative operation between the command and the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) in Osogbo.
According to Mr. Sunday Agboola, the NSCDC’s state commandant, the suspects were apprehended in the Ota-Efun area of Osogbo and have allegedly confessed to their involvement in the theft of energy.
Agboola urged the public to actively participate in the command’s renewed efforts to safeguard critical national assets in their communities by promptly reporting any suspicious activities of vandals to the corps.
In addition to the energy theft suspects, the command also arrested a 40-year-old individual named Sodiq Ayanleye on charges of perpetrating N13 million fraud. Ayanleye purportedly collected the money from a victim, falsely claiming that he intended to purchase five plots of land in Ikorodu, Lagos State, on the victim’s behalf.
The NSCDC’s state commandant clarified that obtaining money under false pretences is a violation of Section 419 of the criminal code of conduct and Section 1 of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, 2006.
He assured the public that the arrested suspects would be prosecuted in a court of competent jurisdiction, serving as a deterrent to potential offenders in the future.
