The Niger State Police command has arrested 12 suspects allegedly for criminal conspiracy, breach of trust, mischief and vandalism of navigation metal lock yard and beams of the Kainji power plant at Kaya junction worth over N2. 8 billion.
According to the police Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, the suspects, both employed at the power plant, were arrested following a complaint from Mainstream Energy Solutions Ltd. on August 12th 2025, and transferred from New-Bussa Division to the SCID Minna.
He stated that reports indicate that within July 2025, inspection was conducted in the navigation lock yard of Kainji power plant at Kaya junction, where it was discovered that some navigation lock metals and beams valued over N4.8 billion
were vandalised and stolen by unknown persons
The PRO disclosed that this discovery led to the arrest of two suspects who are both security supervisors from the power plant and transferred to SCID Minna.
The two suspects include
Shaibu Abu Sufyan 35yrs of New-Bussa and brahim Musa 31yrs of the same address..
Abiodun revealed that the operatives of the SCID led by DSP Ahmed Saidu commenced further investigation, and Abu Sufyan who initially denied the alleged crime, later confessed when confronted with facts.
His confession led to arrest of other perpetrators which include Ibrahim Musa, Zayyanu Musa, Jibrin Abdullahi , Hassan Musa, Micah Adamu, Attahiru Umar, Abdulrahman Usman, Ismaila Ibrahim , Mubarak Husseini , Adamu Abubakar , Abdullahi Abubakar a.k.a Zuma, all security staff under Abu Sufyan.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects, along with other security staff and scrap dealers, conspired to steal the metals and sell them to various companies in Lagos, Kwara, and Osun States.
The investigation also uncovered over ₦12.5 million in transactions between Sufyan and scrap dealer Musa Khalid, and over ₦11.5 million in transactions between Musa and Khalid, ” he stated.
The Police Spokesman also said they usually moved to the location with acetylene gas mostly during weekends at night, vandalise the metals, cut into sizes and used a crane to load it into canter trucks which has been happening since 2023 – 2025.
Meanwhile, he added that investigation is ongoing to arrest others such as the scrap dealers and other collaborators.
” Further development will definitely be made public as the investigation progresses, ” the Police further stated.
Police arrest 12 suspects over criminal conspiracy, vandalism of equipment at Kainji power plant worth over N4.8b in Niger