Security operatives have arrested some suspected vandals for removing sewage manhole covers on highways in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja.
Lere Olayinka, the media aide to the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, in a statement said efforts are also being made to apprehend their collaborators, especially buyers of the manhole covers.
Olayinka noted that relevant stakeholders are already working hard to stop such criminal activities in the nation’s capital.
He said that Wike, who lamented that Nigerians could go to the devilish extent of removing sewage manhole covers on highways and selling them had vowed that government would do everything necessary to bring the perpetrators to book.
Wike noted that it was a sad development for the government to use public funds to build amenities for the comfort of the citizens, then “criminally minded Nigerians will remove the amenities and sell them to Nigerians”.
He said the perpetrators do not mind the danger “their nefarious activities pose to their fellow citizens”.
Olayinka said the FCT minister thanked Nigerians, especially the man who took his time to record the video that went viral, describing his effort as demonstration of patriotism that the country desired.
