The Commandant Generalās Special Intelligence Squad (SIS) of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has intercepted a criminal syndicate specialising in the vandalism and illegal transportation of Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) infrastructure.
NSCDC National Public Relations Officer, Assistant Commissioner of Corps Afolabi Babawale, said in a statement that the operation led to the arrest of two key suspects and the recovery of a significant cache of stolen railway sleepers along the BauchiāKano Road.
He said the successful operation followed a direct marching order from the NSCDC Commandant General, Ahmed Abubakar Audi, who recently mandated the SIS to relocate to Bauchi State.
āThis strategic deployment was aimed at dismantling criminal syndicates that have been damaging, removing, and transporting critical railway infrastructure under the guise of the legitimate contractors approved by the federal government,ā the statement said.
It added that the SIS intercepted a Peugeot Boxer vehicle with registration number KMC-366-TE, which, upon inspection, was found to be heavily laden with suspected vandalised railway sleepers destined for an unknown location in Kano State.
Two individuals were apprehended at the scene: Alzuma Yakubu, 65, the driver of the vehicle, and Ismail Muhammad, 32, the self-acclaimed owner of the stolen materials.
The statement said the vehicle and the recovered railway infrastructure have been taken into custody as exhibits.
NSCDC intercepts vandals, recovers stolen railway sleepers in Bauchi
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