NSCDC arrests ex-student prefect over lab equipment theft in Jigawa

A erstwhile pupil prefect has been arrested by the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) successful Jigawa State for allegedly attempting to bargain laboratory instrumentality from a schoolhouse successful Dutse.

The spokesperson for the NSCDC Jigawa State Command, ASC Badruddeen Tijjani, confirmed the apprehension of the erstwhile pupil successful a connection connected Thursday.

The suspect, a 22-year-old erstwhile student, Aliyu Musa, was apprehended by NSCDC unit pursuing a ailment from schoolhouse authorities implicit recurring theft of laboratory equipment.

Tijjani further explained that the suspect, a erstwhile Labour Prefect of the school, was arrested portion attempting to cart distant 5 microscopes from the school’s main laboratory.

Preliminary investigations, according to him, revealed that respective laboratory items had antecedently gone missing, including 10 conical flasks, 10 microscopes and different equipment.

The connection noted that the timely involution of NSCDC operatives prevented further vandalism and theft of captious acquisition facilities, assuring that the corps would proceed to deploy unit and fortify surveillance astir schools to forestall transgression activities.

He assured of the command’s determination to bring perpetrators to justice, saying that the fishy has been charged with transgression ...