NSCDC Arrests 5 Vandals In FCT

Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command have arrested five suspected vandals at two different locations in Abuja .

A statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Command, Samuel Idoko says two of the suspects, Suleiman Ibrahim, Male, 17 years, from Kano State and Abubakar Zakari, Male, 22 years also from Kano State were arrested around Wuse Market Bridge with iron poles by the operatives of Critical National Assets and Infrastructure Department on routine patrol.

The duo were trailed from the Arts and Culture Complex, Area 10, Garki, Abuja where they had vandalized the iron poles and were moving it to where they would sell to an already known buyer.…
[11:48, 25/09/2024] blessingnyor: Bellview Crash: House Seeks Access Roads For Families To Pay Last Respects

The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to make provision in the 2025 budget for the construction of the road leading to the Bellview air crash site, to enable families to pay respect to their loved ones who lost their lives in the air disaster.

The resolution followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance moved by the member representing Ifo/Ewekoro Federal Constituency, Ogun State, Mr Ibrahim Ayokunle.

Titled, “Need to rehabilitate the road and bridges leading to the site of the ill-fated Bellview Boeing 737- 200 Airline Flight 210 from Lagos to Abuja,.

Addressing his Colleagues, the
Lawmaker went down memory lane recalling that on October 22, 2005, the Bellview Airlines Flight 210, a scheduled Nigerian domestic passenger flight Boeing 737-200 airliner from Lagos to Abuja nose-dived and crashed at high speed a few minutes after take-off, killing all 117 passengers on board.

Ayokunle noted that family members of the deceased could not pay their respects due to the dilapidated road and collapsed bridges at Awela and Alapako Rivers, leading to the crash site.

He stated, “the families of the deceased passengers are unable to pay their normal laying of wreath and prayers, because of the badly affected road and the collapsed bridges affected by flood and erosion at both Awela and Alapako Rivers.”

Following the unanimous adoption of the motion, the House mandated “the Committees on Ecological Funds, Appropriations and Aviation to make provision in the 2025 budget estimate to address the infrastructure challenges to ensure safe site access for families of the deceased.”

It also mandated the Ecological Project Office through the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation to embark on “Immediate road development, dredging/channelisation and construction of bridges across Awela and Alapako Bridges to allow families to visit the site and pay their respects.”

Oduyemi Odumade, Edited By Blessing Nyor