Electricity Metre Bypass: Osun NSCDC Parades Eight Persons
Daily Post reports that the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Osun State Command has made several arrestes recently.
The NSCDC paraded eight suspects over alleged electricity theft.
The Corps revealed that they were arrested by its personnel in a sting operation at various locations in Osogbo, the state capital.
The Osun NSCDC Commandant, Sunday Agboola, while parading the suspects, revealed that they were arrested at Ogo-Oluwa and Alekuwodo areas of Osogbo based on credible information.
Agboola alleged that the suspects were engaging in bypassing electricity supply to their residents to evade the necessary payment.
“The Command is ready to curb activities of vandals, economic saboteurs and energy thieves, reaffirming the command’s zero tolerance for crime.
“We charge members of the public to desist from acts capable of throwing the state into darkness and economic hardship,” he warned.
He also promised the readiness of men and officers of the Command to double their efforts in ridding the state of vandalism against critical government infrastructure.
Those paraded include six males and two females.
