Police Arrest 50 Suspected Vandals, Recover 25 Manhole Covers In Abuja [PHOTOS]

The police command in the federal capital territory (FCT) has announced the arrest of 50 suspected vandals of public facilities in the nation’s capital.

During the parade of the suspects on Monday, Olatunji Disu, FCT police commissioner, stated that the suspects were arrested in markets where “fairly used” items are sold in Kabusa, Garki, Mabushi, and Wuse.

Disu explained that the suspects are part of a network involved in selling stolen “manhole covers” to scrap dealers.

He added that 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 include 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 include several “galvanised poles” used in constructing 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.”