Court jails four for vandalising NITEL cables

Justice Babs Kuewumi of Federal High Court in Osogbo has sentenced four persons arrested for vandalising cables of the Nigeria Telecommunications to three years imprisonment.

This was contained in a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Mr. Ayo Olowe, on Thursday.

The convicts were identified as Opeyemi Mustapha, Madasiru Wasiu, Adam Ojediran and Rabiu Mohammed.

They were arrested by the officials of the NSCDC in Osun State in February at Ode Omu town.

The four men were charged to court after investigation by the NSCDC.

After about a year of standing trial, the court pronounced them guilty of the four charge proffered against them.

Justice  Kuewumi sentenced them to three years imprisonment.

The Commandant of NSCDC in Osun State, Mr. Felix Gbolade, said the judgment would serve as a deterrent to other criminals engaged in vandalising public property.

He urged members of the public to always supply useful information to security agencies concerning suspicious persons around them, saying everybody must be vigilant to make the country safer.