- Safiu Kehinde
Suspected vandals have exposed Abuja road users to danger with the removal of drainage covers across the Federal Capital Territory highways.
This was disclosed in a viral video posted by an aggrieved TikTok user.
As captured in the video, most of the manhole covers have been carted away with rubbles found across some of the spot indicating that they were recently done by the suspected vandals.
Reacting to the video, FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, in a statement issued on Sunday by his spokesman, Lere Olayinka, vowed to bring the perpetrators to book.
According to the statement, some of the suspected criminals removing sewage manhole covers on highways in Abuja have been arrested by the security agencies.
The statement further noted that efforts are also being made to apprehend their collaborators, especially buyers of the manhole covers.
As directed by Wike, relevant stakeholders are already working hard to stop the act of vandalism by criminal elements with the public set to be briefed in due course.
The Minister, who lamented that Nigerians could go to the devilish extent of removing sewage manhole covers on highways and selling them, thereby putting the lives of road users at risk, vowed that government will do everything necessary to bring the perpetrators to book.
He said it was sad that government will use public funds to put amenities in place for the use of Nigerians, and criminally minded Nigerians will remove the amenities and sell them to Nigerians, who do not mind the danger their nefarious activities pose to their fellow Nigerians.
The FCT Minister, however, 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.
See video below