The Commander of the Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad Commandant AS Dandaura and his men have arrested 17 notorious suspects for alleged vandalisation of electrical power Installations, telecommunications masts in Yobe.
Speaking on the incident, the commandant of the squad Dandaura hinted that the CG’S SIS acted upon the marching order of the NSCDC Commandant General, Dr. Ahmed Abubakar Audi (mni), OFR who has zero tolerance for all acts of vandalism of government utilities and economic sabotage.
He relayed that the NSCDC in recent times have clamped-down on Telecommunication equipment, Power Transmission Gadgets, Rail and Pipeline Vandals.
“Acting on the CG marching order, we raided 3 separate warehouses in Damaturu, Yobe State as we earlier gathered intelligence that there were storage bases for vandalised Telecom Masts, Power Transmission and Rail track gadgets within the crime scene.”
“The clearance operation which took hours led to the uncovering of 3 warehouses located at Pilgrim Nassarawa bye pass in Damaturu, another one at Dujiya behind the new market while the 3rd warehouse was uncovered at Abari bypass also in Damaturu.”
“We have deployed a manhunt team to trail the kingpin named Aliyu Ajakuta who is also known as Chairman, Scrab Dealers Association in the area.”
“The following suspects were arrested at the scene: Umar Saiadu (M) 17years, Mohammed Salisu (M) 25 years, Ali Adam (M) 18 years, Ibrahim Mohammed (M) 19 years, Mohammed Musa (M) 20, Abdulhamid Mohammed (M) 15 years, Hassan Dauda (M) 18years, Alhassan Yakubu (M) 26, Mohammed Babagana (M) 29, Mohammed Bashiru 18 years, Mohammed Bello (M) 17years, Adamu Abdullahi Usman (M) 20, Mustapha Babagana (M) 23 years, Tijani Bako (M) 19 years Bashiru Adam (M) 18years and Lawal Salisu (M) 19 years”.
At the scene of the crime the following exhibits were recovered; Telecom Mast, Base Transceiver station (BTS), Cabinet Metal bags of armoured cable, large quantities of Rail Track Slippers, large quantities of Solar panels, batteries; Warepipes”.
The NSCDC in its unwavering commitment to prosecution of its Corps Mandate of Safeguarding all Critical National Assets and Infrastructure would not be deterred in any way as we are poised to tackle the menace of vandalism of government Infrastructure without hesitation.
