Suspected vandals damage electricity installation in Bauchi Community – Police
By Samuel Luka, Bauchi
Unknown persons suspected to be vandals have destroyed an electric High Tension Transmission Line situated at Anguwan Kanawa area, a suburb of Bauchi metropolis.
The Bauchi state Commissioner of Police, Auwal Musa Muhammad disclosed this in a crime bulletin made available to Journalists by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil at the weekend.
CP Auwal therefore, vowed to sniff out all criminal merchants desperate to make a living on government/private property installed to improve the living conditions of citizens of the state.
He solicited for the continued collaboration and support from members of the public to secure the lives and property of the people.
The crime bulletin revealed that the Bauchi state police command had on 01/02/2024 at about 2200hrs, received a report from the Chief Security Officer of Federal Polytechnic Bauchi indicating that on the same date, a loud sound was heard around an electric High Tension Transmission Line situated at Anguwan Kanawa area, a suburb of Bauchi metropolis.
The Commissioner said, upon receiving the report, a team of police operatives including the specialized personnel from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Chemicals Biological Radioactive and Nuclear (EOD-CBRN) Unit was drafted and deployed to the scene immediately.
The crime bulletin explained that preliminary investigation has revealed that a High Tension pole collapsed and was damaged as a result of explosives used by the suspected economic vandals.
It said, “the vicinity was cordoned off and swept by the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Chemicals Biological Radioactive and Nuclear (EOD-CBRN) Operatives”.
The CP noted that some remnant components of Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) were recovered from the scene.
While condemning the act in its entirety, the Commissioner of police, directed a discreet and full-scale investigation into the incident to ensure that the perpetrators are arrested and brought to justice.
CP Auwal who also encouraged the people of Bauchi state not to panic by the incident and to go about their lawful businesses, solicited for useful information that will assist the police in their investigations.
