NSCDC Arrests 4 Suspected Vandals In FCT

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), FCT Command has arrested four suspected vandals in Dabi Bako area of Kwali Area Council, Abuja.

A statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Samuel Idoko says the arrest was made during a routine patrol of the anti vandal team of the Command where one of the suspects was caught vandalizing armoured cables at the National Mathematical Centre , small Sheda, Kwali.

According to the statement, upon interrogation, the suspect made useful confessions that led to the arrest of three other accomplices and the recovery of more stolen armoured cables already on its way to the market.

The suspects are:
Amodu Lawal, 20 years, male, Katsina
Zaki Idris, 32 years, male, Kano
Suleiman Yunusa, 25 years, male, Kano
Isa Abdulrazak, 38 years, male, Kano.

The statement says that further investigation is ongoing after which the suspects would be prosecuted according to the provisions of the NSCDC Act which empowers the Corps to arrests, detain and prosecute in the name of the Attorney General of the Federation .

Similarly, the men of the Anti- Vandal unit of the Command, while on patrol in Abaji Area Council, discovered an Ak47 rifle without its magazine attached in a farmland.

According to the farm owner who alerted the men on patrol, the riffle was discovered by him in his maize farm upon his arrival early in the morning to work on his farm.

The said rifle has been recovered and taken to the Command’s headquarters for safe keeping and further investigation to unravel the ownership and source of the rifle.

The NSCDC FCT Commandant, Dr Olusola Odumosu, commended the command’s anti vandal team for their gallantry and commitment to the protection of critical infrastructure as well as safety of the FCT residents in general.

He charged them to redouble efforts towards ensuring total eradication of vandals and assured FCT residents of the Corps’ commitment to their safety and the protection of Critical National Assets and Infrastructure “We want to assure all residents of the FCT that we will not rest on our oars, we are determined to keep you safe and ensure the protection of Critical National Assets and Infrastructure in the FCT” the commandant said.

Dr Odumosu praised the farm owner for alerting the operatives on patrol upon his discovery of the rifle and not keeping it to himself for sinister motives.

He advised other citizens to emulate the patriotic spirit exhibited by the farm owner by reporting promptly any incident of crime or suspicious movement or activities in their environment to any security agency nearest to them.

PR/Nkiru Njemanze