NSCDC nabs two railway vandals, 11 illegal miners in Abuja

Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command, has arrested two suspected vandals of railway infrastructure and 11 illegal miners.

The command disclosed this in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Comfort Okomanyi, yesterday.

She said the two were arrested by operatives of the Critical National Assets and Infrastructure unit of the command for willfully vandalising rail tracks, and traffic lights in the Wuye Area, while the command, in collaboration with the Nigerian Army, arrested the 11 at Izom, a community located at the boundary between the FCT and Niger State.

FCT Commandant of NSCDC, Olusola Odumosu, noted that the proactive measures taken by the command would serve as deterrent to other criminals within the territory.

He added: “Our effort is geared towards combating various forms of criminality, particularly vandalism of critical national assets and other public infrastructure, illegal mining, and among others within the FCT. We will continue to demonstrate zero tolerance towards vandalism, and there is no plan to retreat on this mission because they must all be brought to book.”