Govt. worker arrested for theft

A federal employee working with the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Gift Eseeli, 38, has been arrested for stealing armoured signal cable installed by the rail tracks at a place identified as Rafa Yard, along the Warri-Itakpe Train Service (WITS) railway corridor.

NRC’s spokesman, Callistus Unyimadu, revealed Eseeli stole ‘several lengths of the 50mm cable. He said vigilante officers working at the station intercepted Eseeli and recovered the stolen items, after they handed the suspect over to the police.

Speaking on the matter, NRC Managing Director/CEO, Dr kayode Opeifa, said: “Railway assets are national assets. Acts of vandalism endanger passengers safety and sabotaged the Renewed Hope infrastructure drive of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration.”