TWO suspected thieves who specialised in stealing Mikano generators on Tuesday were arrested by men of the Ondo State Police command for stealing three giant generators valued at over N6 million. They reportedly broke into the safe of the gas plant company to steal the amount and made away with a Mikano generating set, valued about N2.5million, belonging to the gas company. Adeyanju explained that suspects also stole three other Mikano generators at three different places which were recovered from the two suspects. Speaking of their arrest, Innocent confirmed that he usually move around to scout for companies with Mikano generators while they map out strategies in how to steal the generator. He explained that they usually hire lorries to lift the generators before moving the generators to the Eastern part of the country and dispose it to unsuspecting buyers.

Source: Nigerian Tribune November 21, 2017 16:50 UTC