Government Officials and Civil Defence Officers Arrested For Stealing Rail Tracks

The Nasarawa State Police Command has paraded 67 suspected criminals at the police headquarters in Lafia, the Nasarawa state capital for stealing Rail Tracks.

Newera News gathered that among the suspects are government officials and personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC.

He said the rail tracks are those that pass through villages in the state.

Longe also informed newsmen that the state police command had developed a strategic anti-vandalism template to arrest the tide of this unwholesome scenario which has helped in capturing some of the vandals along Agyaragu Tofa in the Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa state

Among the suspects arrested are personnel of the Criminal investigative department of the Nigerian Security Civil Defense Corps in Lafia and civil servants working with the state government.

The Commissioner of Police said the extensive investigation into the case is being carried out emphasizing that, it is a case of sabotage being perpetrated by unpatriotic Nigerians.

Meanwhile, four suspected armed robbers alleged to be specialized in vandalizing rail tracks, have also been arrested by Nigerian Air Force personnel on internal security patrol, Nigerian Air Force Enugu Base southeast Nigeria.

Among the suspects are two dismissed Nigerian Air Force officers who are alleged to serve as escorts.

Parading the suspects at the headquarters of the Ground Training Command Nigerian Air Force in Emene, Enugu, South-East Nigeria, Commander 553, BSG Enugu, Air Commodore Isaiah Taiwo, said the four suspects were arrested around an airport roundabout, near Enugu by the Air Force internal security patrol with a truckload of vandalized rail tracks belonging to the Nigerian Railway Corporation.

Meanwhile, the hoodlums have been handed over to the Nigerian Police for further investigations.