The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, CP Imohimi Edga.
The police in Lagos have arrested 11 suspects, including three
soldiers and one dismissed Airforce man, for allegedly stealing solar panels
worth N100 million belonging to the state government.
The
Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, CP Imohimi Edgal, told newsmen on
Wednesday that the suspects had been on the command’s wanted list before they
were finally arrested in Epe area.
Imohimi
said that the three soldiers had been handed over to 9 Brigade of the Nigerian
Army for further investigation.
The CP said
that the group had sold stolen solar panels from Epe, Sangotedo, Elerngbe and
Badagry areas to buyers in many parts of the country.
“On Sept.
5, at about 2 a.m, the seven suspects came in a truck with registration number
LND 61 XQ, invaded Okemagba Senior Secondary School, Epe with three soldiers
and stole 71 solar panels.
“They also
forced the door of the container where the inverter batteries and accessories
were kept and went away with it.
“Some of
the buyers were traced to Delta, Anambra and Imo where one buyer was later
picked up in an hotel and confessed to have received solar panels and inverters
batteries from the suspects,” he said.
The police
Commissioner said the suspects would be charged to court after completion of
investigation on the matter.
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