The Kebbi State Police Command has arrested four suspects for alleged break-in at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Jega Local Government Area, where six generators were stolen.
The command also recovered the six generators, although one had already been dismantled for sale.
Spokesperson of the command, SP Bashir Usman, revealed this in a statement on Monday, adding that the arrests followed separate operations involving theft of government property and vandalism of cables.
According to him, the detectives were deployed after the command received a report of break-in at the INEC office in Jega, which led to the arrest of four suspects and the recovery of the stolen generators.
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Usman said one of the generators had been dismantled and turned into scrap parts for sale before police recovered it.
In a separate operation, police officers on August 28, 2026, at around 7:30 am, arrested Aliyu Muhammed, 24, of Dudduke Village, Jega LGA, while he was allegedly in possession of aluminum cable bundles hidden in a sack.
The police spokesperson said Muhammed confessed during interrogation to conspiring with Yusuf Dudduke, also of Dudduke Village, to vandalize and steal wires from an electric pole in the community.
He said Yusuf was subsequently arrested, bringing to six the total number of suspects arrested in the two separate cases.
The command said all suspects remain in custody and will be charged to court upon completion of investigations.
Police Commissioner CP Umar M. Hadejia warned that vandalism of critical infrastructure, housebreaking and theft of government property would attract stiff penalties.
He urged the public to remain alert and report suspicious activities to the police.