Operatives of the Particular Guns and Ways, SWAT, unit of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 36-year-old guy, Shobande Taofeek for alleged vandalism and robbery of railway infrastructure within the state.
The arrest resulted in the restoration of 16 railway iron rods and two gasoline cylinders used for slicing the tracks.
The Police Public Members of the family Officer, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, disclosed this in a observation issued on Sunday.
In keeping with him, the arrest adopted intelligence accumulated in regards to the vandalisation of railway fabrics within the Arigbajo axis of the state.
“On 23 October 2026, SWAT operatives intensified surveillance and patrols within the affected space, resulting in the suspect’s arrest.
“He due to this fact led the operatives to an uncompleted development the place the stolen pieces have been recovered as reveals,” Babaseyi mentioned.
He famous that initial investigation indicated that the suspect allegedly confessed to involvement in an identical offences on 3 earlier events.
The PPRO mentioned efforts are ongoing to apprehend different suspects attached to the crime and get better further stolen assets.
The observation quoted the Commissioner of Police, CP Bode Ojajuni as reiterating the Command’s dedication to protective public belongings and significant infrastructure and bringing perpetrators of financial sabotage to justice.
He suggested citizens to cooperate with the police by way of offering well timed and credible data.