A Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State, has convicted and sentenced two individuals for vandalizing a transformer cable and a telecommunications mast antenna in separate incidents.
One of the convicts, Abdullahi Umar, in suit number FHC/LKJ/06c/2025, was found guilty of vandalizing a transformer cable supplying electricity to the Federal University Lokoja and surrounding communities in Adankolo. He was sentenced to two years and six months imprisonment.
Similarly, Yakubu Mohammed, in suit number FHC/LKJ/05c/2025, was convicted of tampering with an Etisalat Telecommunication Mast Antenna in Okumi Community, Lokoja. The court sentenced him to one year and six months in prison for his crime.
The Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Kogi State, DSC Aliyu Abdullahi, confirmed the convictions in a statement issued on Friday.
According to the statement, the Federal High Court in Lokoja delivered judgments on both cases on February 13, 2025.
