The police command in the federal capital territory (FCT) says its operatives have arrested 50 suspected vandals of public facilities in the nation’s capital.
Speaking during the parade of the suspects on Monday, Olatunji Disu, FCT police commissioner, said the suspects were arrested in markets where fairly used items are being sold in Kabusa, Garki, Mabushi, and Wuse.
Disu said the suspects are part of the network that sells stolen manhole covers to scrap dealers.
He said operatives also recovered 25 manhole covers, five solar streetlights, and other items stolen from public facilities.
The 50 suspects arrested include Bashir Usman, Shaibu Ibrahim, Sani Isah, Ibrahim Hassan, Mustapha Hassan, Awal Nawan, Umar Aliyu, Auta Umar, Datti Ibrahim, Mohammed Salim, Ibrahim Ibrahim, Ifeanyi-Chuckwu Emmanuel, Abba Ismail, Najib Abdul, Muhammed Lawal, Rabiu Ibrahim, Adamu Suleiman, Abdulkarim Abdullahi, and Haruna Nasiru.
Others are Abdul Nai’ja, Josua Steven, Livinus Steven, Ismail Abdullahi, Munir Sada, Ibrahim Yahaya, Yahaya Musa, Dahiru Nasiru, Abdullahi Muhammed, Monday Barnabas, Hamisu Iman, Promise Abanonum, Ehieze Emeka, Ehieze Justice, Mohammed Inusa, Tijanni Suleiman, Promise James, and Haruna Auwalu; Ayuba Danjuma, Suleiman Abu, Nafiu Ahmmed, Kamalu Junaidu, Zaradeen Yakubu, Abdulhadi Adam, Mohammed Ibrahim, Chukwu Emmanuel, Douglas Yahaya, Mohammed Lawal, Auwal Musa, and Abubakar Kabiru.
Other recovered items are several galvanised poles used in the construction of flyovers, 15 streetlight poles cut into smaller pieces, rolls of high-voltage Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) cables, two locally made pistols, two live cartridges, 30 tubes of triple sub glue, and 13 large solar panels.
