NSCDC arrests suspected rail track vandal in Kano

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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has detained a 22-year-old suspect over an alleged vandalism of rail track in Kano State.

The corps also detained two suspects for allegedly impersonating its personnel.

The Commandant of the NSCDC, Mohammed Hassan-Agalama, disclosed this in a statement by the corps spokesman, Ibrahim Idris, on Thursday in Kano.

Hassan-Agalama said the suspect was allegedly involved in the destruction and theft of 11 rail line clips under the ongoing Federal Government’s railway modernisation project linking Kaduna to Kano.

He said the suspect, a resident of Kuya village in Ikara Local Government Area of Kaduna State, was apprehended by operatives following credible intelligence at a village in Kiru Local Government Area of Kano State.

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The commandant said preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect vandalised and removed 11 rail line clips installed on the new standard gauge.

He added that the corps recovered a hammer from the suspect.

 

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