In line with the core mandate of the corps, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps(NSCDC) Osun State Command has apprehended one Olalekan Kehinde(m) 24yr old, a resident of Abidogun area, Ota-Efun, Osogbo, Osun State for allegedly vandalizing railway track.

According to the State Commandant, Igbalawole Sotiyo, discreet investigation revealed that on Sunday 17th November, 2024 the suspect, Olalekan Kehinde and his friend Abbey, who’s currently at large, vandalized a railway track at Dagbolu by using hammer to remove the Pandrol Clips.

The following day, Monday 18th November, 2024, they were caught in the act of vandalizing the railway at Dagbolu, Osun State, one of the suspects was arrested while the second one is still at large.

In his confessional statement, the suspect made it known that his friend Abbey taught him how to remove the Pandrol clips, thereafter they sold them to metal scrap buyers in the state

The Commandant of NSCDC in the state, Igbalawole Sotiyo, who frowned at the increasing rate of national assets vandalism in the country, therefore, called on the metal scrap buyers in the state to desist from buying vandalized materials from members of the public, saying his men shall embark on routine operation round the stores of metal scrap buyers in the state and anyone found culpable will face the full wrath of the law.

He also commended members of the public for being security conscious, saying the arrest was made possible through the efforts of residents of Dagbolu. Commandant Sotiyo solicited more intelligence from the public to make the state safe for all and sundry.