{"id":177905,"date":"2025-09-08T16:55:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T15:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/suspected-cable-thief-found-dead-near-transformer-in-unimaid"},"modified":"2025-09-08T18:16:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T17:16:25","slug":"suspected-cable-thief-found-dead-near-transformer-in-unimaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/suspected-cable-thief-found-dead-near-transformer-in-unimaid","title":{"rendered":"Suspected cable thief found dead near transformer in UNIMAID"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Borno State Police Command has confirmed the discovery of the body of an unidentified man near a transformer inside the University of Maiduguri in Borno state.<\/p>\n<p>The man is suspected to have died while attempting to steal electrical equipment.<\/p>\n<p>ASP Nahum Kenneth Daso, the police spokesperson, stated that officers, alongside fire service operatives, safely moved the body to a hospital for medical examination.<\/p>\n<p>The State Commissioner of Police, Naziru Abdulmajid, warned individuals involved in such criminal activities to desist, stressing that these acts endanger lives and threaten public safety.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Borno State Police Command has confirmed the discovery of the body of an unidentified man near a transformer inside the University of Maiduguri in Borno state. The man is suspected to have died while attempting to steal electrical equipment. ASP Nahum Kenneth Daso, the police spokesperson, stated that officers, alongside fire [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":177904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[254,18671,18057],"class_list":["post-177905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-nigeria","tag-suspected-cable-thief","tag-unimaid"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Suspected cable thief found dead near transformer in UNIMAID - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Borno State Police Command has confirmed the discovery of the body of an unidentified man near a transformer inside ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/suspected-cable-thief-found-dead-near-transformer-in-unimaid\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Suspected cable thief found dead near transformer in UNIMAID\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Borno State Police Command has confirmed the discovery of the body of an unidentified man near a transformer inside ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/suspected-cable-thief-found-dead-near-transformer-in-unimaid\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-08T15:55:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-08T17:16:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1757339349.946481.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/suspected-cable-thief-found-dead-near-transformer-in-unimaid#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/suspected-cable-thief-found-dead-near-transformer-in-unimaid\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Suspected cable thief found dead near transformer in UNIMAID\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-08T15:55:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-08T17:16:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/suspected-cable-thief-found-dead-near-transformer-in-unimaid\"},\"wordCount\":111,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/suspected-cable-thief-found-dead-near-transformer-in-unimaid#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1757339349.946481.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\",\"Suspected cable thief\",\"UNIMAID\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/suspected-cable-thief-found-dead-near-transformer-in-unimaid#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/suspected-cable-thief-found-dead-near-transformer-in-unimaid\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/suspected-cable-thief-found-dead-near-transformer-in-unimaid\",\"name\":\"Suspected cable thief found dead near transformer in UNIMAID - 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