The Abia State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a set of four suspects said to specialised in removal of railway tracks. They were paraded with the exhibits recovered from them last week in Umuahia.
The State Commandant, Akinsola Aderemi, said that the suspected railway vandals were arrested at Isuikwuato in an operation carried out in synergy with the Nigerian Army.
He said that the four suspects were caught with two vehicles (Lexus ES 350 and Mitsubishi bus) “filled with vandalised rail way sleepers, gas cylinders, shovels, diggers, cutlasses and spanners.”
The suspects paraded were identified as Ike Promise Emeka (30) from Amechi Awkunanaw, Enugu State; Ugenyi Onyedika (35), Ifeanyi Okorie (35) all from Oguduasa, and Chidiebere Augustine (29) from Amiyi Uhu, all in Isikwuato LG, Abia State.
The State Commandant reaffirmed the commitment of the NSCDC Abia Command “to rooting out criminal elements from Abia State and beyond.
“We are also warning all criminal elements operating within the state to desist from illegal activities or face the full wrath of the law,” he said, adding that the apprehended suspects would be arraigned in court.
