The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said on Monday that 13 have been arrested for acts of cable vandalism, armed robbery, car theft, and human trafficking.
The National Public Relations Officer of the Corps, Assistant Commandant Babawale Afolabi, said the suspects were arrested at various locations while committing the crimes.
He said while parading the suspects at the Service Headquarters of the Corps that the arrests were made by the Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (CG’s SIS).
The operations leading to the arrests were carried out in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Nasarawa, Plateau, Kogi, Benue, Niger, and Kaduna States.
He disclosed that one suspect, Isaac Zegbe, a former employee of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), alongside his accomplices, vandalized over 15 kilometers of aluminum conductors running from Yangoji to Abaji, valued at over ?350 million. He said the suspect was arrested alongside Chijioke Christian who confessed that he purchased the equipments.
‘Intelligence-driven operations also dismantled a four-man car theft syndicate specializing in Toyota vehicles across the FCT and neighboring states. The suspects were identified as Adamu Yusuf, Hassan Bukar, Adamu Musa (aka ‘Yellow’), and Abdulsalam Isa (aka ‘Kada’),’ Babawale said.
He said the team also apprehended an armed robbery gang comprising Nuhu Ndam, Ponbin Lamkur, Yilcwat Sohdan, and Ganpyal Dul while operatives recovered one AK-47 rifle, 16 rounds of 7.62x39mm live ammunition, and ?70,000 in cash were recovered from them.
Babawale disclosed that in the case of human trafficking, investigators intercepted and picked up Micaiah Nana, the last of 16 children trafficked by Archibong Anderson on January 15, 2026.
He added that the individuals who purchased the child have been arrested and detained and are assisting investigators. He listed the names of other suspects arrested by the team, saying that they would be charged to court as soon as possible.