An 80-year-old man, identified simply as Michael has been arrested by the Ekiti State Amotekun Corps for allegedly vandalising equipment of the Ekiti State Water Corporation at Okemesi Ekiti in the Ekiti West Local Government area of the state.
NIGERIACRIME also learnt that he was arrested a 60-year-old man, Oladosu, for the same crime.
This was made known on Wednesday by the Corps Commandant, Brig.-Gen. Joe Komolafe (retd.), while parading the suspects.
Komolafe said Michael and Oladosu were arrested by Amotekun operatives at Okemesi Ekiti while allegedly vandalising equipment belonging to the state water corporation.
Additionally, the commandant disclosed the corps operatives also arrested three suspects for allegedly breaking into a residential house in the Tinuola area of Ado Ekiti, the state capital.
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Komolafe said the suspects, 26-year-old Rufai, 30-year-old Ibrahim and 30-year-old Yahaya, were apprehended with the support of residents of the area.
“Our operatives, in the early hours of Tuesday, received a distress call from a member of the public that some suspected vandals had broken into a residential house in the area and vandalised a pumping machine installed in one of the houses in the area, following which they went into action,” he said.
The corps commandant said the suspects would be handed over to the police for further investigation and prosecution.
He urged residents of the state not to hesitate in giving relevant information that would assist the corps in its operations and as well assist in ridding the state of criminal activities.
In a different news, the sudden increment in the price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petroleum by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPCL, is having negative consequences on social activities in Lagos State.
NNPCL on Tuesday announced an increment in the price of PMS.
In Lagos, the price of PMS has moved to between N580 and N650.
Many of the residents decided to stay indoors, while others abandoned their vehicles and decided to board commercial vehicles.
It was observed that the heavy Lagos traffic, which usually occurred in those areas during the peak periods, has fizzled away.