Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Lagos State Police Command have arrested two rail vandals.
The duo Abdullateef Abdulrahim aged 22 and Aliyu Lawan aged 16 were arrested on Friday, July 15, 2022, at about 3:00 a.m. with a pile of already cut railings and a hacksaw on the overhead bridge at the Trade Fair Complex, Ojo.
It was learned that the Commander, Rapid Response Squad (RRS), 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.
Confirming the suspect’s arrests, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, Police Public Relations said the State Commissioner of Police, CP Abiodun Alabi, has directed that the case be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba for further investigations to detect and crush the criminal network behind the incessant destruction of these infrastructure and their eventual prosecution