A middle aged man identified as Musa Inusa pictured
above, was arrested by the Lagos state police command
while stealing bridge rails with two other members of his
gang who escaped around Costain area of Lagos on
September 14th at about 2:30 am. When interrogated,
Musa who is from Kano state said
“I am one of the three-man syndicate who are
stealing the bridge rails across the state. We have
our own market where we sell the stolen rails. I am
a native of Pagee Local Government Area in Kano
State where my parents live at the moment.
When I got to Lagos in 2010 to search for means of
livelihood, all my efforts to secure a job were
fruitless. It was Ibrahim who introduced this robbery
act to me. The midnight I was arrested, Ibrahim,
Abdullahi and I went to Costain by National Arts
Theater and stole ten pieces of aluminium bridge
rails. On our way back, we were intercepted by the
Police. We always sell one pole of bridge rail to
one Alhaji Ibrahim at Ijora at the rate of seven
thousand naira.”he told Vanguard
The Commander of the Lagos state Rapid Response Squad
RSS, Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Olatunji
Disu, while speaking on the arrest, said policemen on
patrol intercepted the suspect and his gang members while
carting away the stolen railings.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect
and his gang members were in the habit of cutting
down the rails of highway bridges meant to save lives
when eventualities occur on the highway within the
metropolis,” he said.
Efforts to apprehend the other two suspects is on.
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