The management of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company has expressed dismay at the way the police in Osun State always free suspected vandals caught and taken to their custody.
The Osun Regional Communication Officer, Branding & Communication, Kikelomo Owoeye, said this in a statement made available to our correspondent in Osogbo on Tuesday.
The energy company lamented the spate of vandalism of its cables and transformers in some areas within the state. The company stated that the suspected vandals caught and taken to police stations in some cases were freed without the police charging them to court.
Owoeye called on the police and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps to always assist the company whenever vandals were arrested by members of the communities.
The statement read, “We want to call on the men of the Nigeria Police Force Osun State command, Nigeria Security Civil Defence Corps, Osun State Command, to give us all their support whenever the community members apprehend any suspected vandal.
“In Osun region, suspected vandals have been allegedly apprehended and IBEDC end up not getting justice, we plead that instead of keeping such suspects in the police custody more than 24 hours, they should be charged to court and not be granted bail.
“In same vein we want to inform our teeming and esteemed customers to report any issue of vandalism to us and if any suspect is apprehended before or after been taken to police custody.”
The IBDEC urged its customers to provide adequate security for their transformers and also encouraged them to always alert the company anytime they caught suspected vandals before taking them to the police station.
She said the company and energy consumers needed to work together with the assistance of security agencies to stop vandalism of their property.
“IBEDC Osun region will also want to note that nobody is above the law as some reports in the past have revealed that some suspected vandals allegedly caught by residents were said to be released based on the fact that some were discovered to be wards of notable people in the community.
“We want to appeal to the law enforcement agencies to allow the rule of law to take its cause and let justice prevail. We believe that if any of the hoodlums caught were brought to book, it will serve as a deterrent to the others,” it added.
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