Dismissed police officer, 1 other arrested for vandalizing man-hole (photo)
In a renewed effort to rid Lagos State of criminals, operatives of the Rapid Response Squad yesterday arrested a dismissed police officer and one other person for vanfalizing and stealing man - hole cover. The suspect, Earnest Young (30),, who co incidentally is a son of a retired Deputy Superintendentbof Police was arrested with his accomplice, Rasheed Tiamiyu, (20), on Eko Bridge around 10:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Young
hails from Yala Local Government in Cross Rivers. He was arrested in
possession of man – hole covers , vandalized and stolen on the Eko
Bridge.
Young
stated that, he and his accomplice trekked from Ijora Under Bridge to
Eko Bridge to steal the man hole cover. He added that they were in
search of food when they saw the man – hole cover, which they planned to
sell to cart pushers.
He
explained that his accomplice, Rasheed Tiamiyu, a primary school
dropout invited him into the crime, a claim Tiamiyu promptly denied,
stressing that, ‘Young, rather, was the one who invited him into the
crime.
‘He
insisted " we steal the cover even when I protested that we leave it
and that was why the cover was found in his hand. The entire plan was
all his idea’, ".
Tiamiyu
maintained that "despite the fact that cover was very heavy, Young
insisted in stealing it with the plan to resell it to scrap metal buyers
the following day" .
‘Both
of us work as load carriers in Ijora. We sleep in Ijora park. We had no
money to feed ourselves and he requested that go to a party in Isale
Eko, and that on our way we would pick up the man – hole cover to sell
to cart pushers’, Tiamiyu added.
Tiamiyu
further stated that, he came from Plateau to Lagos in search of work
but since he came to Lagos, he has been homeless and struggling to
survive as well as living in parks and under bridges.
Confirming
the arrest of the suspects, the Commander of the Rapid Response Squad,
Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Olatunji Disu noted that the
actions of the suspects posed a great danger to road users, adding that
uncovered man – hole can cause accident, particularly at night.
He
also advised parents to monitor the activities of their wards, warning
that Lagos would not be a breeding ground for criminals.
The suspects have been charged to court.
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