A guy and a youngster were detained by the Lagos State Police Command for reportedly damaging bridge rails in Ojo in Lagos.
The command announced this in a statement released by SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the police public relations officer, on Friday in Lagos.
The accused were named by Hundeyin as Abdullateef Abdulrahim, 22, and Aliyu Lawan, 16.
He said that on Friday at around 3:00 a.m., members of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) detained the suspects as they were dismantling and vandalizing the overhead bridge railings at the Trade Fair Complex.
“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.
The case has been sent to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba, according to Hundeyin, at the direction of State Commissioner of Police, CP Abiodun Alabi, for more investigation.
“This is to detect and crush the criminal network behind the incessant destruction of these infrastructure and their eventual prosecution,” he said.
