FCT NSCDC Commandant Warns Vandals, Urges Courts to Impose Stiffer Penalties for Vandalism
Irked at the incessant vandalism of critical national infrastructure, Mr Olusola Odumosu, the FCT Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has sternly warned perpetrators to desist or face the wrath of the law.
Odumosu gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja.
Odumosu said that the command would prosecute anyone caught vandalising public properties.
He said that though the Corps had been arresting culprits following intelligence tip-off and security surveillance, the consistent rate of vandalism was worrisome.
The commandant appealed to courts to impose stiffer penalties for vandalism of critical national infrastructure to serve as a deterrent to unrepentant criminals in the FCT.
“There is no room for anyone who wants the efforts of the government of the day to be futile.
“The Federal Government is trying its best to ensure the FCT is beautiful, infrastructurally equipped and properly secured.
“We can’t allow those embedded with greed to steal from citizens and the government at large,” he said.
Odumosu further said that intelligence report revealed that scavengers ‘Baba Bola’ were responsible for most acts of vandalism in the territory.
“This is because their activities in the FCT is gathering a dangerous momentum.
“The command will beam more searchlights on them and stop their criminal infestation,” the commandant said.
He assured of a renewed raid of some of their hideouts within the Abuja metropolis and the suburbs.
Odumosu charged personnel of the command to perform their duties professionally and anyone caught in the act of vandalism should be arrested and prosecuted.
He advised parents to monitor the movements of their wards and warn them against engaging in crime.
The commandant also urged members of the public to support the corps in ridding the FCT of miscreants.
“Furnish the command with necessary credible information about their activities and hideouts in various neighbourhoods,” Odumosu appealed.
