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.
EFCC,today tuesday,June 21,2016 arrigned Air Vice Marshal Alkali Mohammed Mamu,a former Air Officer Training Command and a member of the Committee for Procurement,Ministry of Defence,before Justice Salisu Garba of the FCT High Court sitting in Maitama,Abuja on a 3 count charge of bribery.Mamu,while being the Air Officer Training Command and member of Committee for Procurement under the Ministry of Defence,allegedly collected a cash gift in the sum of N5.9 million {five million,nine hundred thousand naira} for the purchase of a Range Rover Evoque,$300,000 {three hundred thousand US dollars} and two vehicles {Ford Expedition SUV and Jaguar XF Saloon} valued at N15million and N12 million respectively from Society D' Equipments Internationaux Nigeria Limited,a contractor with the Nigerian Air Force.The offence is contrary to section 17 {a} of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Act,2000 and punishable under Section 17 {c} of the same Act.Justice Garba,after listening to both counsel adjourned to July 1,2016 for ruling on the bail application and commencement of trial.The defendant is to be remanded in prison custody.One more photo below.
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