The Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi has directed the Nigerian Railway Corporation to arrest vandals of rail lines across the country.
The Minister, said this during an inspection tour of the Lagos-Ibadan rail corridor in Ibadan, on Sunday.
He also directed the relevant agencies to arrest buyers of the equipment, as arresting vandals alone is not enough.
Amaechi, said arresting buyers of the equipments is very important because if there is no demand, there will be no supply.
He stated that the situation is likened to those who said: “why should the National Assembly punish those who pay ransom.
“If we don’t pay ransom, they will be tired and they will stop. The same way, if they don’t buy those metals, nobody will steal them,” he said.
“I don’t know why some Nigerians are like the way they are. I have told the Managing Director of NRC to arrest the buyers of the equipment. It is not enough to arrest the vandals, the Minister added.
