By Inyang Inyang, Calabar
The Cross River State Police Command has arrested three more suspects over the alleged vandalisation and theft of streetlight panels and armoured cables in the State Housing Estate, Calabar.
Key Highlights
- Cross River Police arrest three more suspects over theft of streetlight panels and armoured cables in Calabar.
- The suspects are Daniel Garuba, Edem Lukas and Richard Edet.
- Arrests followed an October 16 report by an electrical consultant to the state Electrification Agency.
- Police say the case is separate from the earlier Agbo Ntoe Layout transformer vandalism probe.
- The command vows to intensify efforts to protect public infrastructure.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Eitokpah Akata, in a statement, said the latest arrests follow a formal report on October 16, 2026, by an electrical consultant to the Cross River State Electrification Agency.
Acting on the report, detectives attached to the State Housing Division commenced investigations, leading to the arrest of the three suspects identified as Daniel Garuba, Edem Lukas and Richard Edet.
Akata added that the suspects are being investigated in connection with the alleged offences, while inquiries continue to establish the circumstances of the incident and the individual roles, if any, of those arrested.
Separate From Earlier Transformer Case
He said the latest development comes against the backdrop of an earlier investigation into the alleged vandalisation of a transformer at Agbo Ntoe Layout, off Parliamentary Extension, Calabar, which led to the arrest of Peter Adie, and subsequent arrests of other suspects over suspected links to the theft or receipt of electricity materials.
“These are separate investigative developments, and no connection between the suspects in the two cases is being asserted at this stage,” he explained.
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The police spokesman said the command considers the protection of public infrastructure a significant aspect of its responsibility to safeguard public assets and support the delivery of essential services.
“Streetlights and electricity infrastructure serve important community needs, and their destruction or theft can impose additional costs on public institutions and residents,” he added.
The command, he continued, is therefore intensifying lawful investigative and enforcement efforts to address such offences.
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