Abia State Government has cautioned those it called criminal elements engaging in the nefarious act of vandalizing street light poles and iron rods used for drainage works in Aba and selling them as scrap
The government fingered metal scrap dealers (akpakara) who engage the assistance of cart pushers as responsible for this act.
In a statement on Tuesday by the Chief of Staff to the Governor of Abia State, Chief Okey Ahiwe, he said government will not sit back and watch criminal elements sabotage public infrastructure in the State.
He therefore called on security agencies to intensify the monitoring of public assets in the state and bring the vandals to book.
He added, “To this end, the Governor directs security agencies in Abia State to strengthen the security of public infrastructure in the State and fish out the perpetrators of this heinous crimes and bring them to book.
“The Governor in the same vein, directs the Hon. Commissioner for Trade and Investment, Chief John Okiyi Kalu , to immediately take steps to set up a task force to ensure that business of scrap dealing in Abia State is sanitized.”
