The Federal Capital Territory Police Command have arrested and paraded 50 suspected vandals of public facilities in Abuja.
Olatunji Disu, FCT Commissioner of Police, during the parade said the suspects were arrested in markets where fairly used items are being sold in Kabusa, Garki, Mabushi, and Wuse areas of the metropolis.
The Police boss said his men during the raid in the aforementioned areas also recovered 25 manhole covers, five solar streetlights and other items stolen from public facilities adding that the suspects are part of the network that sells stolen manhole covers to scrap dealers.
The suspects arrested among others include Bashir Usman, Shaibu Ibrahim, Sani Isah, Ibrahim Hassan, Mustapha Hassan, Awal Nawan, Umar Aliyu, Auta Umar, Datti Ibrahim, Mohammed Salim, Ibrahim Ibrahim, Ifeanyi-Chuckwu Emmanuel, Abba Ismail, Najib Abdul, Muhammed Lawal, Rabiu Ibrahim, Adamu Suleiman, Abdulkarim Abdullahi, Haruna Nasiru.
Disu added that other recovered items from the suspects include several galvanised poles used in the construction of flyovers, 15 streetlight poles cut into smaller pieces, rolls of high-voltage Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) cables, two locally made pistols, two live cartridges, 30 tubes of triple sub glue, and 13 large solar panels.
