NRC arrests railway vandal in Lagos, suspect remanded

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has arrested a suspected railway vandal successful Lagos arsenic portion of efforts to tackle the increasing cases of harm to obstruction infrastructure.

According to a connection by the Corporation, the suspect, Bashiru Hafeez, 32, was apprehended connected Thursday, March 26, 2026, by information unit from Multi Eye Security Services astatine the Mobolaji Johnson Train Station (MJS), Ebute-Metta, during a regular patrol.

He was recovered with 15 pandrol clips which are robust fasteners utilized to unafraid obstruction tracks, believed to person been removed from the constrictive gauge corridor astatine Alagomeji wrong the Lagos obstruction network.

“These components are captious to way stability, and their removal poses superior information risks, including the imaginable for derailment,” the connection said.

Officials explained that removing specified parts could endanger bid operations and enactment passengers astatine risk.

After his arrest, the fishy was handed implicit to the Nigerian Railway Police Command for investigation.

He was aboriginal arraigned earlier a tribunal successful Lagos and remanded astatine the Ikoyi Correctional Centre pending further hearing. The lawsuit has been adjourned to April 24, 2026.

Reacting to the development, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of NRC, Dr Kayode Opeifa, reaffirmed the Corporation’s zero tolerance for ...