Wednesday, October 30, 2024 -The Abuja Metropolitan Management Council
says it has arrested a prominent expatriate contractor involved in vandalising
streetlights in the territory.
The AMMC Coordinator, Mr. Felix Obuah, disclosed this on Tuesday,
October 29, after inspecting some ongoing streetlights repairs and
maintenance.
Obuah said the contractor engaged in vandalising the streetlights to
enable him to get the contract.
Though he didn’t mention the name of the foreign national, Obuah said
the company operated by the contractor was well known, adding that the suspect
would face full wrath of the law.
Obuah said, “The minister of FCT has given us matching orders to make
sure that Abuja is lightened up, and as a matter of fact, I embark on the spot
assesment with my team to make sure things work well.
“Abuja is divided into 21 lots, today will inspected almost 18 lots. We
have discovered that most of those areas have been vandalised, which some are
undergoing intervention work by my team.
“We are not impressed with the level of vandalisation that had
happened in some of those lots. But I am impressed with my team for living up
to expectations especially with the ongoing maintenance work on Yar’adua way
and Jabi areas, the light has been restored but some are yet to be
restored.
“We will make sure that within a short possible time, the issues
is restored. Most a times we thought is scavengers or miscreants that are
involved in vandalising the streetlights, not until today that we are able to
discover that high level contractors are involved in sabotaging the good
efforts of the minister and AMMC.
“We have arrested a very prominent contractor, an expatriate who is
involved in vandalising these streetlights to enable them get this contract.One
of the expatriates has been arrested and is in detention, there are full
evidence to that effect.
“Our report will be submitted to the minister. we must make sure that
those vandals and the people buying the items would not go free.
“We can’t be buying and installing while miscreants and expatriates are vandalising it, sabotaging the good efforts of government is wrong.”
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