Man arrested for ‘stealing’ road studs on Third Mainland Bridge

The Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Corps has arrested one Friday Nwafor for vandalising and stealing road light indicators on the Third Mainland Bridge.on his X page, Jubril Gawat, senior special assistant on new media to Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos governor, said the 46-year-old vandal was arrested on Tuesday.

Gawat said Nwafor had been handed over to the police after he was caught with the road studs removed from the newly renovated bridge. “Officers of the Lagos State Neigbourhood Safety Corps apprehended a road infrastructure vandal who was vandalizing the newly constructed 3rd Mainland Bridge road light indicators,” he wrote.“The suspect was identified as Mr. Friday Nwafor, a 46-year-old male resident of Lagos, who was immediately taken into our custody and handed over to the Commissioner of Police, Lagos Command, Mr. Adegoke Fayoade.

Benjamin Hundeyin, the police spokesperson in Lagos, posted that the suspects were arrested along Oba Akran road.Hundeyin said the vandalised armoured cables were installed by the state government for the smart city light-up Lagos project. Click on the link below to join TheCable Channel on WhatsApp for your Breaking News, Business Analysis, Politics, Fact Check, Sports and Entertainment News!

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