Police arrest 15 for stealing railway slippers in Benue

The police in Benue State have arrested 15 people with at least 255 railway slippers from different locations of the state within the past two months.

The state’s Commissioner of Police, Tunji Akingbola, made this known Thursday at his maiden press briefing with journalists in Makurdi, the state capital.

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Akingbola, while reeling out his achievements, disclosed that within the period of his resumption in the state since August, 15 people specialised in vandalising critical infrastructure had been arrested with 255 railway slippers.

He added that 20 suspects were arrested for robbery while another 20 were for cultism, as well as others held in custody for banditry among other crimes.