The Lagos State Police Command apprehended a 25-year-old individual on charges of stealing electrical cables at Lagos State Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) in Ikeja.
SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the State Police Public Relations Officer, revealed on his authenticated Twitter handle, @benHundeyin, on Sunday that the suspect was caught by a security officer and subsequently handed over to the police.
“The suspect was apprehended by a vigilant security officer as he was emerging from a building under renovation in the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja.
“He was caught with lots of electrical wires he ripped off the building,” he said.
He said that investigation was ongoing, urging Lagos residents to safeguard their buildings under construction.
