The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a man and a teenager for allegedly vandalising bridge rails at Ojo in Lagos.
The command made this known in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, on Friday in Lagos.
Hundeyin identified the arrested suspects as Abdullateef Abdulrahim, 22 and Aliyu Lawan, 16.
He said that the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) arrested the suspects while removing and vandalising the overhead bridge railings at the Trade Fair Complex on Friday at about 3:00 a.m.
“The suspected vandals were arrested by RRS operatives with a pile of already cut railings and a hacksaw on July 15, 2022.
“The RRS Commander, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, had in response to credible intelligence on crime in the area directed an operation that led to the arrest of the suspects,” he said.
Hundeyin said that State Commissioner of Police, CP Abiodun Alabi, has directed that the case be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba for further investigations.
“This is to detect and crush the criminal network behind the incessant destruction of these infrastructure and their eventual prosecution,” he said.
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