Troops of the 4 special forces have arrested 12 suspected rail track vandals in Angwan Yara, Keana LGA of Nasarawa. Joseph Afolasade, acting deputy director, army public relations of the
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Joseph Afolasade, acting deputy director, army public relations of the command, spoke on Friday at a press briefing in Doma area of the state.“On June 15, 2023, troops of the command, during a routine patrol, intercepted five suspected rail track vandals at an abandoned railway station between Angwan Yara and Agyaragu communities of Keana LGA,” NAN quoted Afolasade as saying.“The suspects were arrested with a large quantity of rail tracks loaded in two trucks.
“They admitted to have played various roles in the theft of the rail tracks and mentioned names of some prominent persons in Nasarawa and Plateau states as being part of the syndicate.“They offered to give our personnel N5 million to allow them go with the rail tracks, but our men rejected the money and arrested them.”
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