The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps said it has arrested four suspects and intercepted a truck that conveyed large quantities of vandalised rail tracks concealed inside iron scraps.
This was contained in a statement signed and released by the Corps Spokesperson, Babawale Afolabi, on Thursday.
The statement added that the arrest was made by the Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad of the NSCDC.
Afolabi said the truck and the four suspects were intercepted along the Lafia-Akwanga-Abuja expressway, Sabon Pagi, Lafia Nasarawa State on Monday.
The statement read, “On August 14, 2023, about 10: 30hrs, the CG’s Special Intelligence Squad, who are on specialised operation to checkmate nefarious activities of rail line vandals, arrested four suspected vandals who disguised as scavengers.
“It was later discovered that the suspects have vandalised rail track irons and concealed them inside scrap iron materials before loading the vandalized rail track irons into a truck that will convey them to the buyers.”
“Details of the truck were given as an articulated DAF truck with registration number BSA 899XA and the four suspected vandals are 27 years old Anasi Ali who is the driver of the truck. Others are Yusuf Idris, 25, Hafis Idris, 18 and Nasiru Abdullahi, 28, who served as an escort.
“Items recovered from the vandals are; a DAF truck, large quantities of offloaded scrap irons and large quantities of vandalised railways irons.”
