Operatives from the Onikan Division of the Lagos Police Command have arrested a suspect, Yakubu Yusuf, for vandalizing a section of the railings on the Third Mainland Bridge. This was announced in a statement posted on X.com by the Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday.

According to the statement, Yusuf was apprehended after the division received a tip-off about vandals operating near the Old School of Nursing area along the bridge.

The statement reads: “Officers from the Onikan Division, after receiving information about vandals removing railings from the bridge near the Old School of Nursing, arrested one Yakubu Yusuf, male, aged 28, and recovered 21 long pieces of aluminum railings.”

The police also revealed that an investigation is ongoing to track down other suspects involved. "Efforts are being made to arrest the other fleeing suspects," the statement added.