How Police Arrested Bridge Railings Vandals

…recovers mini bus

A sting operation by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos Police Command has led to the arrest three suspected vandals in Tom Jones area of Lagos Island and recovered a mini bus, two carts and bridge railings.

The vandals were arrested about 0245hrs on Saturday, 19th August, 2023, during RRS operatives’ routine patrol of the area.

The suspects: Faruk Abubakar, 32, Yusuph Balogun, 36 and Timothy Dauda, 49 fled and abandoned a Suzuki mini bus popularly called Korope with registration number: BDG 315 YA upon sighting the police.

Also left behind by the suspected vandals were two carts, bars of aluminum railings suspected to have been cut from the Third Mainland Bridge, a hammer and a hand saw.

Their arrest comes on the heels of other recent and similar arrests of vandals made by the CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi-led RRS operatives. The suspects have since been charged to court.