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Protest: NSCDC Arrests 12 Suspects For Vandalising Infrastructure In FCT
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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) command said it apprehended 12 suspected vandals in different parts of Abuja during the nationwide hunger protest.
In a statement by CSC Samuel A Idoko, the agency’s spokesman, on Wednesday, it said three of the suspects were caught in their attempt to vandalise the infrastructure at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja, after scaling the fence of the facility, while other accomplices took to their heels upon sighting officers of the command.
According to the statement, in Jabi, four suspects were arrested for attempting to vandalise the streetlights by the eagle-eyed men of the command on routine patrol everyday within the metropolis and suburbs during the protest.
It noted that one scavenger, otherwise known as baban-bola, was picked up on top of the newly commissioned Wuye bridge for wandering and suspected vandalism at about 3:30a.m at Mabushi area of Abuja when he couldn’t provide any explanation of his suspicious movement at such an ungodly hour.
The FCT commandant warned all miscreants and mischief-makers to steer clear of critical national assets and infrastructures as anyone found wanting will be made to face the full weight of the law.
“Vandalism is a threat to our socio-economic well-being, it causes retrogression in the society and we will do all within our power as an agency to ensure that any act inimical to our collective growth and development is nipped in the bud,” he said.
Dr. Odumosu appealed to residents of the FCT to always alert the NSCDC whenever anyone is seen attempting acts of vandalism as every Nigerian is a stakeholder in the protection of critical national assets and infrastructure.
The NSCDC FCT boss once again appealed to youths in the capital city to embrace dialogue as that is the civilised way to address grievances, destroying public properties does more harm than good to members of the public.
The commandant who has been involved in monitoring the security situation in the FCT since the commencement of the protest, admonished residents to go about their businesses without fear as their safety is guaranteed.
Two women have been arrested in Jalingo, Taraba State, after they were caught attempting to take three young girls out of the state to Adamawa.
According to reports, the suspects, both single and reportedly from the South-East, were arrested at a filling station while travelling in a commercial vehicle with the girls, aged between five and six.
The incident reportedly began when the women, who had rented a room in the same compound where the girls lived about two weeks earlier,
reportedly deceived their mothers into allowing the children to accompany them to the market.
Instead, the women allegedly took the girls to a motor park in Jalingo, where they hired a vehicle to transport them to Adamawa State.
The vehicle driver reportedly became suspicious after noticing that the girls did not resemble the women. He alerted members of his union, who contacted the police, leading to the suspects’ arrest.
At the police station, the women reportedly admitted taking the girls from their compound after deceiving their mothers. The girls, identified as Ummul Shuaibu, Ummul Baba Gasal and Amina Abubakar, were later reunited with their families at the Taraba State Police Command headquarters.
Their fathers were initially invited to identify them, while their mothers were subsequently asked to confirm their identities before their release.
Abubakar Kwalli, father of one of the girls, said the children became emotional when they saw their mothers, with each girl rushing to her mother in tears.
The Taraba State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Victor Mshelizah, confirmed the arrest and said investigation into the incident was ongoing, adding that further details would be released after the investigation.
The Oyo State Police Command has smashed a suspected truck-hijacking syndicate after an intelligence-led operation resulted in the arrest of four suspects and the recovery of a stolen SINO HOWO truck.
The Command said the suspects specialised in hijacking and diverting trucks from drivers in Oyo and neighbouring states before allegedly moving the stolen vehicles to criminal receivers in Kwara State.
The breakthrough followed a tip-off that the syndicate planned to strike on August 24, 2026. Acting on the information, Commissioner of Police, CP Abimbola Ayodeji Olugbenga, deployed operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU) to conduct targeted stop-and-search operations along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The operation paid off when officers intercepted a white SINO HOWO truck and arrested two suspects—Ojedokun Olakunle Isaac, the truck driver’s motor boy, and Ajuwon Ismail.
According to the police, the truck had already been stripped of its rear body/bucket and was being driven towards the Ogbomoso/Ilorin axis for delivery and sale.
Police said Ojedokun subsequently confessed to masterminding the hijacking of the truck from his employer. Information obtained from his interrogation allegedly led detectives to two more suspects, Adekunle Sunday and Rasheed Music.
Investigators said Sunday was the syndicate’s regular driver for stolen trucks, while Music allegedly specialised in disabling and removing trackers and other electronic devices that could help owners or security agencies locate the vehicles.
The Command said the truck was hijacked at about 11 p.m. on August 24 before the suspects attempted to move it towards the Ogbomoso/Ilorin corridor.
The police intervention, however, disrupted the plan and secured the recovery of the vehicle.
The search continues for the truck’s detached rear body and other members of the alleged syndicate who remain at large.
CP Olugbenga praised members of the public whose information helped police foil the operation, stressing that intelligence-led policing would remain central to the Command’s fight against organised crime in Oyo State.
The Sokoto State Hisbah Board has denied claims that it imposed restrictions on Christian worship and practices in the state.
According to the board, it has no legal authority to regulate how Christians conduct their religious activities.
The board’s commandant, Dr Usman Abdullahi Jatau, made this known in a statement issued on Saturday in Sokoto.
The clarification followed social media claims alleging that the board was interfering with Christian worship in Sokoto.
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