Eight Arrested For Stealing Abuja Streetlight Poles

Residents of Abuja’s Central Business District, Maitama, Wuse, Garki and Asokoro could have been left uncovered to safety dangers as a gang allegedly liable for vandalising public infrastructure was busted by the police.

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested eight suspected members of the gang and recovered 5 streetlight poles allegedly lower down and stolen from their places.

The arrests adopted an early-morning patrol by police operatives hooked up to the Central Police Station in Abuja.

The FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, in an announcement stated the suspects had been arrested at about 3am on October 23, 2026, throughout a routine anti-crime operation within the metropolis centre.

The suspects had been recognized as Sani Musa, Ashiru Adamu, Markus Joseph, Suleman Ibrahim, Jamilu Umar, Usman Aliyu, Uzairu Sani and Shafiu Bala.

According to the police, preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects allegedly belonged to a prison gang specialising in vandalising and stealing private and non-private infrastructure throughout main districts of the nation’s capital.

Five lengthy streetlight poles, which had reportedly been lower at their bases, had been recovered through the operation.

The Command stated the suspects and recovered reveals remained in police custody, including that they’d be charged in courtroom after investigations.

The police urged residents to stay vigilant and report suspicious individuals and actions to the closest police station or by way of the Command’s emergency traces.