A middle aged man identified as Musa Inusa pictured above, was arrested
by the Lagos state police command while stealing bridge rails with two
other members of his gang who escaped around Costain area of Lagos on
September 14th at about 2:30 am.
When interrogated, Musa who is from Kano state said
“I am one of the three-man syndicate who are stealing the bridge rails
across the state. We have our own market where we sell the stolen rails.
I am a native of Pagee Local Government Area in Kano State where my
parents live at the moment.
When I got to Lagos in 2010 to search for means of
livelihood, all my efforts to secure a job were fruitless. It was
Ibrahim who introduced this robbery act to me. The midnight I was
arrested, Ibrahim, Abdullahi and I went to Costain by National Arts
Theater and stole ten pieces of aluminium bridge rails. On our way back,
we were intercepted by the Police. We always sell one pole of bridge
rail to one Alhaji Ibrahim at Ijora at the rate of seven thousand
naira.”he told Vanguard
The Commander of the Lagos state Rapid Response Squad RSS, Assistant
Commissioner of Police, ACP Olatunji Disu, while speaking on the arrest,
said policemen on patrol intercepted the suspect and his gang members
while carting away the stolen railings.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect and his gang
members were in the habit of cutting down the rails of highway bridges
meant to save lives when eventualities occur on the highway within the
metropolis,” he said.
Efforts to apprehend the other two suspects is on.
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