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By our correspondent
Concerned by the recent and frequent attacks on Critical National Assets and Infrastructure in the Federal Capital Territory , the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), FCT through its Command’s intensified efforts arrested five vandals along constitutional avenue, Central Area of Abuja.
The Commandant of the NSCDC FCT Command, Dr Olusola Odumosu who described the constant vandalism of infrastructure in the FCT as inhuman and an act of wickedness noted that the arrest came after the men of the Command laid ambush for the vandals who came in the dead of the night to destroy and remove the manhole covers and armoured cables around the Constitution Avenue, Central area, Abuja.
Commandant Odumosu, re-emphasized the need for the regulation of the ‘pantaker’ markets in the FCT, stressing that if there are no ready buyers, vandals will not indulge in vandalism.
He appealed to the government to promulgate stiffer penalties for vandals to serve as deterrent to others
The suspects arrested for the alleged act of vandalism are: Nafiu Ibrahim, male, nineteen years old and Shefiu Sadiq, male twenty years, Yahaya Musbau, Male, twenty four years old, Mohanzam Muktar, Male, twenty years old and Yunusa Ma’ aruf Male, nineteen years old , all from Kurfi Local Government Area of Katsina State.
Exhibits recovered from them are; two (2) manhole covers, underground Armoured Cables, two diggers and (1) Toyota Carina and (1) Toyota Corolla cars the vandals kept on standby to evacuate their loot.
Also arrested for allegedly vandalizing concrete reinforcement iron rods for drainage along the Presidential Villa are; Haruna Yahaya, Male, 20 years old, from Kura local Government Area of Kano state and Haliru Sanusi, Male, 22 years of age from Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State.
