Civil Defence arrests three for stealing, re-bagging BUA Cement in Edo

Three suspects were arrested in Okpella, Edo State by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps for alleged stealing and re-bagging of cement.

The NSCDC Commandant in the state, George Edem, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Benin.

Edem said two of the suspects were arrested for allegedly stealing cement from the BUA Cement Factory in Okpella, Etsako-East Local Government Area of the state.

He stated that the suspects were arrested on Wednesday while stealing cement and mixing it with white sand, re-bagging and selling to unsuspecting members of the public.

The commandant said the suspects were arrested based on intelligence reports.

The third suspect, a driver with the BUA factory, was arrested for fraudulently selling tyres removed from the company’s vehicle.

According to him, the suspects have all confessed to the crimes and will be charged to court very soon.

The commandant noted that the two suspects caught re-bagging cement were apprehended with 87 bags of the commodity.

He also disclosed that the agency had deployed no fewer than 1,000 personnel to schools, to forestall the abduction of pupils and secondary schools students by hoodlums in the state.

He said the measure became necessary to ensure the safety of teachers and students in Edo State.

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