Seidu Ali, a 24-year-old Nigerien man, has been arrested for the second time in three weeks for stealing electric cables on third mainland bridge, Lagos state.

The suspect was caught in the act by men of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command on the busy bridge on Wednesday.

A tweet disclosing this on the Lagos State Police Command X handle on Thursday also reveals this is the second arrest of same suspect at the same crime scene in three weeks.

The statement reads:

“Yesterday, around 1pm, operatives of the Rapid Response Squad on routine patrol of Third Mainland Bridge arrested a suspected cable thief and retrieved from him four bounded strands of cables.

“The arrest of the suspect, a Nigerien, Seidu Ali (24), was the second in three weeks.

“He had earlier been arrested and reprimanded for attempting to steal cable on Third Mainland Bridge.

“Four bounded strands of cables were retrieved from him.”

It was further disclosed that RRS Commander, Olayinka Egbeyemi, has directed that the suspect be charged to court immediately for prosecution.