NSCDC Arrests Suspected Railway Vandal, Two Impersonators in Kano

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kano State Command, has arrested a suspected railway vandal and two alleged impersonators in separate operations across the state.

The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SC Ibrahim Idris Abdullahi, diaclose this to newsmen in Kano.

He said operatives apprehended a 22-year-old suspect, Sani Isma’il, over the alleged vandalism and theft of eleven rail line clips belonging to the ongoing Federal Government railway modernization project linking Kaduna to Kano.

Abdullahi explained that the suspect, a resident of Kuya village in Ikara Local Government Area of Kaduna State, was arrested following credible intelligence by NSCDC operatives at a village in Kiru Local Government Area of Kano State.

Preliminary investigation revealed that he allegedly removed the rail clips installed on the new standard gauge railway line currently under construction. He was reportedly found in possession of a hammer believed to have been used in carrying out the act.

The State Commandant, Mohammed Hassan Agalama, condemned the incident, describing it as economic sabotage capable of undermining government efforts at infrastructural development and national economic growth.

He warned vandals and other criminal elements to desist from tampering with critical national assets or face the full weight of the law.

Agalama reaffirmed the Corps’ commitment to safeguarding critical national infrastructure, particularly Federal Government projects, and assured that the suspect would be prosecuted upon the conclusion of investigations.

He also called on residents to support security agencies with timely and credible information to curb vandalism and other criminal activities.