BY: ABDULKADIR M LAWAN, NOVEMBER 03, 2026/ 11:20AM

The Gombe State Police Command has arrested a suspected vandal and recovered four rolls of vandalized electric cables along the Gona area of the state.

The arrest was made on October 31, 2026 at about 9:00pm by a team of policemen on visibility patrol with community assistance.

Police said the suspect, Ahijo Boyi, 29, of Burunde Quarters, Akko LGA, was intercepted in possession of four rolls of electric cables suspected to have been vandalized from the stretch between 301 Army Artillery Regiment and Gona Area.

During interrogation, the suspect confessed to conspiring with three others who are currently at large.

The recovered cables have been taken as exhibits.

The case is being investigated by SCID Gombe, while efforts are ongoing to apprehend the fleeing accomplices and unravel the full network of the vandalism syndicate.

The Gombe arrest was listed among the top 10 operational successes recorded by the Nigeria Police Force in the last 48 hours, according to a report by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Ani Iniedu.

Other major incidents within the period include the rescue of seven police officers and recovery of five deceased colleagues after a bandit ambush in Zamfara, rescue of three nursing mothers after an armed attack in Kogi, neutralization of an armed robber in Ogun, and arrest of four principal suspects over the killing of a military officer in Nasarawa.

The Force said operations are ongoing across the affected states.