VANDAL CRUSHED TO DEATH UNDER COLLAPSED TRANSMISSION TOWER IN DELTA STATE. (PHOTO).
VANDAL CRUSHED TO DEATH UNDER COLLAPSED TRANSMISSION TOWER IN DELTA STATE A suspected vandal has been crushed to death under a collapsed vandalised transmission tower along the 330kV Ughelli-Benin transmission line in Delta State. The incident was discovered during a line patrol carried out by the Delta Sub-Region, Lines Maintenance Department of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), following the tripping of the line on earth fault on the Ughelli - Benin 330kV Transmission line. A statement by the TCN indicates that the patrol team traced the fault to Tower 101, which had collapsed. The body of the suspected vandal was found crushed between the tower members. Tower 101 on the adjacent Ughelli - Sapele 330kV transmission line had also been vandalized.
In a statement today tueday,Colonel Sani Usman,spokesperson for the Nigerian Army said,Mohammed Maina one of Boko Haram financier and stimulants dealer in Bama,Bama Local Government Area of Borno State.The Army said the suspect,a native of Ngurosoye came from Shuari village in Bama LGA,he was arrested with the sum of one million Naira cash and some items.Colonel Usman said investigation revealed that Mohammed supplies them kolanuts and other items especially stimulants.Maina was also said to have revealed that kolanuts is in high demand among the terrorists as it keeps them active at night.The military said it is apparent also that Maina plies Maiduguri Dikwa Kulli axis where he gathers monetary and other materials contributions from Boko Haram sympathizers along that axis and send same to the terrorists camps.In the same vein,Colonel Usman also announced that troops of 112 Battalion and Special Forces in Mafa and Dikwa respectively on a joint fighting patrol raided a Boko Haram camp at Bulungwa Naibe in Dikwa Local Goverment Area of Borno state yesterday.
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