The Nigeria Security and Civil Corps(NSCDC), Federal Capital Territory(FCT) Command has arrested a notorious street-lights vandal around the Ugandan embassy at the Central Business District, Abuja.
A statement issued on Friday by ACC Samuel A. Idoko, FCT CDPRO, said the suspect was arrested at about 2 30am after a tip off on recurring activities of vandals in that vicinity which led to 24 hours surveillance by men of the Command.
It said the operatives of the FCT Command who swooped in on them while they were digging out the armoured cables after disconnecting the street lights from the power source putting the whole area in the dark.
“Mr Abubakar Abdulmumuni, 29 years old suspect from Hong LGA of Adamawa State is currently in custody and will be charged to court while his partner who escaped from the crime scene and have remained at large is presently being trailed.
“The suspect who is a serial vandal had been arrested in the past, and was charged to the court, he somehow found his way to the streets to continue his criminal activities.”
It said the FCT Commandant of NSCDC, Olusola Odumosu reiterated the need to impose stiffer punishment on criminals.
“I want to reiterate once more the need to impose stiffer punishments on convicted vandals and other sundry crimes as this will serve as deterrent to other would be criminals.
“The Command under my leadership will continue to do everything within our ability to ensure that public facilities are protected from criminals, we will leave no stone unturned in our fight against vandalism”.
Dr. Odumosu also called on all residents of the FCT to give the Command credible information about suspected criminals in their environment.
He assured the general public that the identy of such informants will be protected.
“The war against vandalism is a collective responsibility, we cannot do it alone as we cannot be everywhere at the same time, we therefore depend on credible intelligence to help in not just arresting vandals but ensuring that they cannot carry out their acts of criminality”.
Exhibits found on the suspect include: One(1) Shovel, one(1) plier, one(1) digger, one(1) spanner and one (1) screwdriver.
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