Lagos State House Of Assembly Aspirant, 5 Others Arrested Over Abule-Egba Pipeline Vandalism

Lagos State House Of Assembly Aspirant, 5 Others Arrested Over Abule-Egba Pipeline Vandalism

Lagos State police command have arrested six persons who allegedly
vandalised the NNPC pipelines at Abule Egba, Lagos, that destroyed 100
houses and 77 vehicles worth millions of naira.

The suspects are PDP House of Assembly aspirant Hon.(Amb) Adedipe
Dauda Ewenla, 40, Rasak Oyakunle aka Akeregun; Abdulazeez Agboola aka
Boggy, 29; Akin Ayansola alias Babalati, 44; Kazeem aka Aladija, 50 and
Saheed Isiola alias Obama, 36.

Parading the suspects yesterday, Police Commissioner, Imohimi Edgal,
said: “On December 18, 2018, at about 2am, there was a fire outbreak at
Isopako Awori in Abule Egba area of Lagos State.

The fire emanated from the NNPC pipeline that was deliberately
ruptured by the vandals in their bid to siphon premium motor spirit
(PMS) from the pipe. It destroyed 100 houses and 77 vehicles worth
millions of naira.

Following the development, operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery
Squad (SARS), Ikeja, were detailed to investigate the incident and
ensure that the suspects are nabbed.”

He said the operatives were mobilised to the scene and they picked up
pieces of evidence for analysis, which led to the arrest of the
suspects. Edgal said during interrogation, Oyakunle confessed to
committing the crime and revealed that he owned the generator repair
workshop on the spot where the ruptured pipeline was laid.

“Oyakunle confessed that the workshop was located on the spot to
enable them siphon fuel undetected,” he said. Edgal said the gang had
been in the illicit business for years.