Dr. Ahmed Abubakar Audi, NSCDC Boss

Two suspected vandals, Chekwube Onu, 28 and Okwudiri Okeke, 18, were yesterday paraded by the Enugu state command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), for allegedly vandalising rail tracks in Enugu.

The incident was said to have occurred on the 10th of this month in Aruokwe village, Oduma in Aninri local government area of the state.

Parading the suspects in Enugu, the state capital, NSCDC Commandant, Mr. Aloysius Udemmadu Obiorah, emphased community based intelligence as critical for crime reduction.

“We call on the people of the state to intensify their efforts in assisting security agencies with vital information on the activities of criminals and other social misfits that are making life difficult for the people in the state.

“They are now begging for leniency, nevertheless, investigations have been concluded, and the suspects have been arraigned,” he said.

Obiorah warned that the Command would not hesitate to deal ruthlessly with criminal elements in the state who vandalise critical national assets and infrastructure.

In an interview, the District Public Relations Officer, Eastern District, Nigeria Railway Corporation, Doctor Onyedikachi Onovo, called for a legislation against vandalism and sale of railway materials in open places.

Dr. Onovo, appealed to leaders to caution their subjects against vandalism of public property, adding that these equipment were located in communities and towns.

Items recovered from the vandals included, 77 rail line bolts, and nuts, 1 iron pipe, digger, 1 machete, 1 rig spanners.

Others are, 2 empty hydraulic acid containers, 1 flat spanner and 2 full containers of hydraulic.