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Two cable thieves flogged and tied to transformer

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Two suspected cable thieves were almost lynched to death by an angry mob on Wednesday, at Anagada village, Gwagwalada Area Council, Abuja, Nigeria.

The thieves were beaten to a pulp and tied to the gate and fence of a transformer in the area.

A resident of the community identified as Liyasu said the two suspects allegedly went to vandalize a newly installed transformer at the outskirts of the community but a security guard at the village primary school heard strange sounds from the direction of the transformer and raised alarm.

"That attracted the attention of some youth who ran after them. One of them was apprehended and taken to the chief’s palace. But luck ran out on the second one who came back the next day to carry the cables inside the sack when he was also nabbed and tied to the transformer fence together with the first one", he said according to Daily Trust.

The two suspects have since been handed over to men of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) at Gwagwalada.