The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 32-year-old guy, Monday Dauda, for allegedly vandalising an electrical energy transformer belonging to the Jos Electrical energy Distribution Corporate (JED) in Bogoro Native Executive House.
The suspect was once reportedly arrested at about 12:30 am on October 8, 2026, by means of police operatives hooked up to the Bogoro Divisional Headquarters all the way through a regimen patrol within the the town.
The police stated the operatives noticed suspicious actions across the transformer, positioned throughout the premises of Bogoro Common Health center, and moved nearer to research.
In keeping with the command in a observation issued on Friday, the officials came upon that the suspect had got rid of the transformer’s armoured cable and hooked up it to a bike, allegedly getting ready to cart it away ahead of he was once arrested.
The command added that the suspect confessed to the crime all the way through interrogation, whilst the recovered armoured cable and bike have been taken as reveals.
The Commissioner of Police, Sani-Omolori Aliyu, recommended the operatives for his or her vigilance and professionalism, reiterating the command’s dedication to protective vital infrastructure around the state.
The police spokesman, SP Nafiu Habib, stated the commissioner had directed that the suspect and the recovered reveals be transferred to the State Legal Investigation Division in Bauchi for additional investigation and prosecution.