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Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Enugu State Command in conjunction with the Hunters and Forest Security Services have arrested a four-man vandalism gang specialised in vandaliding rail line materials.
Disclosing this in his office in Enugu Commandant Afrika Ezenyimulu Valentine said that the kingpin of the group who gave his name as *Monday Onyeabor, male,31 years* was arrested by a combined team of the Corps and Hunters Group while in possession of two railway slippers at Mmafu in Aninri Local Government Area.
Commandant Afrika further revealed that during the interrogation, Monday Onyeabor gave the names of other three members of his gang as *Ejike Ogbonna, Male, 27 Years, Amobi Okolie, Male, 27 And Chukwuka Ekwe, Male, 27 Years* all from Oduma in the same Aninri Local Government Area.
Based on his statement, a manhunt for the three was mounted which resulted in their arrest. During the arrest one of the suspects, Amobi Okolie claimed to be innocent of the crime, but confessed that he had sometime in the recent past assisted other suspects in transporting vandalized materials, which at that time he claimed was unknown to him to be products of vandalism.
He was however found to be in possession of syringes and a pipe which he confessed he used in sniffing the infamous Methamphetamine popularly known in the local parlance as Mkpurummiri.
Also recovered from the suspects include a cutlass and a motorcycle.
Meanwhile, investigation is being intensified by the Corps to unravel other culprits in the chain of this unholy trade.
Commandant Afrika further still, reemphasized the resolve of the Corps in the State to get rid of all unwanted elements, insisting that the Corps will deal ruthlessly with all those vandalizing or tampering with government infrastructure even as he called on the members of the public to always assist security agencies with credible information on activities of criminals in the State.
