The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested two people suspected of vandalising railway sleepers in Enugu.

Aloysius Obiorah, the NSCDC commandant in the state, said this in a statement by Denny Manuel, the command’s spokesperson.

The suspects, Onu Chekwube, 28, and Okeke Okwudiri, 18, were arrested on October 10 in Aruokwe village, Oduma, in the Aninri council area.

Mr Obiorah disclosed that they were arrested while dismantling railway installations belonging to the Nigerian Railway Corporation. He said the suspects would be charged to court after a full investigation. 

The commandant added that the NSCDC recovered 77 railway bolts and nuts, an iron pipe, a digger and machete, a rig spanner, empty hydraulic acid containers, a flat spanner and two full hydraulic containers from the suspects.

He further stated that the suspects were nabbed with the support of hunters and Forest Security Service operatives.

Mr Obiorah urged Enugu residents to assist security agencies with information on the activities of criminals for prompt action, emphasising that community-based intelligence is important to the timely containment of criminal activities.

(NAN)