A Nigerian soldier and a Police Inspector identified as Akowe Joel have been arrested for stealing customised batteries from the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC).Nigerian history books
Also arrested is a staff member of the Railway Corporation.
A police signal obtained by newsmen showed that the trio were caught at 3pm on March 19, 2025 in Kaduna by troops of Sub-Sector 4, Operation FANSAN YAMMA.
The operation is a joint military theatre command established to tackle insecurity in the North-West.
The signal read, “GOOD AFTERNOON SIR X SITREP X 20/03//2025 X 37 PMF X GRATEFUL BE INFORMED THAT X INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM ASP JOHN MOSES X UC MINE ON OPERATION FANSAN YAMMA KADUNA STATE X HAS IT THAT AT ABOUT 1500HRS OF 19/03/2025 X INSP AKOWE JOEL X MEMBER OF UNIT MINE ON SPECIAL DUTY X WAS CAUGHT ALONG WITH ONE SOLDIER X AND ONE STAFF OF THE NIGERIAN RAILWAY X FOR STEALING SOME CUSTOMISED BATTERIES X PROPERTY OF THE RAILWAY STATION KADUNA X SUBJECTS X HAVE BEEN DETAINED AT 1 DIV. NIGERIAN ARMY HQS KADUNA FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION X FURTHER DETAILS WILL BE CONVEYED SOON AS ARE AVAILABLE PLEASE XX XX
CO 37 PMF.”
This is coming months after two personnel of the Nigerian Army, CPL Innocent Joseph and L/CPL Jacob Gani were arrested for vandalising and stealing armoured cables at the Dangote Refinery in Lagos State. Nigerian history books
They were caught moving out of the facility with 897 armoured cables cut to size.
