Ekiti Police Grabs Atiku Abubakar, 11 Others For Stealing, Vandalisation 

By Oluronke Kuku 

The Ekiti State Police Command has grabbed one Atiku Abubakar and 11 other suspects for stealing and vandalizing some publicly owned properties in the State.

The Ekiti State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abutu Sunday revealed the above information through a press release made available to newsmen in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday. 

SP Abutu in his press release stated that acting on reports of vandalization of electric cables and transformers, the Police Command in Ekiti State through its Rapid Response Squad team and in collaboration with some non-state actors launched a serious manhunt on the perpetrators and make arrests, with a view to stop such criminal activities and prosecutes them. 

Abutu speaking further, commended the efforts of the RRS operatives who on the 21st of February, 2025 at about 1:30 pm stormed various criminal hideouts within and outside Ado Ekiti and arrested the likes of one Kabiru Abubakar ’20yrs’, Kamarudeen Adekunle ’38yrs’, Sukurana Amodu ’26yrs’, Atiku Abubakar ’24yrs’, Ibrahim Milasi ’26yrs’, Jafaru Iliasu ’24yrs’, Nasiru Yahuza ’25yrs’, Muhammadu Aminu ’25yrs’, Isah Zaiyanu ’32yrs’, Abubakar Rabiu ’21yrs, Ibrahim Rasaq ’27yrs’ and Yusuf Usman ’25yrs’.

“During investigation, the 12 suspects all confessed to the commission of the crime of vandalization and stealing and items were recovered from them includes Rolls of Armor Cables, Rolls of Recline Cables, Rolls of Aluminium Conductors, One Transformer Feeder Pillar, Rolls of Binding Wire, Electrical Cables and Generator Parts. 

The Ekiti Police Command has however assured that the arrested suspects will be arraigned accordingly.

The Police Commissioner in the State, CP Joseph Eribo used the opportunity to warn all criminally minded individuals within the State to repent and turn a new leaf as it will no longer be business as usual.