A 40-year old cable thief, Frederick Samuel,says he resorted to selling high tension wires and armoured cables because he thought they were useless.
Samuel,who disclosed this in Akure when he was paraded alongside other suspected criminals by the Onstage State Police Command,said the cables he vandalised were those that fell by heavy wind.
Police said the suspect was caught by hunters while on his way to deliver two loads of high tension wires to the buyers.
He disclosed that the buyers of the high tension wires usually come from Ibadan in Oyo State to buy them.
He added: “When I heard about the buying of electrical wires, I went to along Oja Bale camp where many cable wires have fallen and cut them. I thought they were useless.This is my fourth time doing the business. The customer comes from Ibadan and he used to give me N7,000 for the two bundles.”
