The Special
Adviser to the Governor of Nasarawa State on Infrastructure, Yusuf Musa, has
been arrested for his alleged role in the vandalism of railway tracks.
This was announced by the
Nasarawa State police commissioner, Bola Longe, while parading Mr Musa and
other suspects at the Force Headquarters in Lafia on Thursday.
Mr Longe, in a press release
obtained by sources,
said the suspects, including police officers, were nabbed following the
intelligence information received by the command.
According to him, the suspects
have “turned the Nigerian railway tracks that traverse some major cities and
villages in Nasarawa State en route to Benue state to gold mines where they
vandalise and cart away rail tracks.”
“Consequently, the State
Police command developed a strategic anti-vandalism template to arrest the tide
of this unwholesome scenario.”
“It is gratifying to note
however, that, this template paid off on 16/5/2021 at about 0130hrs and
24/5/2021 at about 0300hrs respectively when police operatives swooped on the
vandals at their theatre of operation while vandalising and carting away
railway tracks/slippers along Agyaragu Tofa in Lafia LGA and Angwan Alago of
Kadarko district in Keana LGA.”
Mr Longe
stated that Richard Joseph, an inspector of police; Mali Peter, a sergeant;
Ibrahim Usman, an official of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps; and
three others were arrested at the crime scenes.
He, however,
said an extensive investigation into the case led to the arrest of Mr Musa and
ten others.
Others
arrested include Mohammed Isiaka, a former supervisory councillor on education,
Nasarawa Eggon LGA; Marra Thai, a Chinese national and the Manager of Yong Xing
Steel Company, Tunga Maje, FCT Abuja, and Samuel Shagbaor, a staff of the
Nigerian Railway Corporation.
Source: premiumtimesng.com
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