The Police Special Task Force on Anti-Pipeline Vandalism Headquarters, Annex, Lagos has arrested a 27-year-old graduate of Business Education from Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye and 23 others in connection with pipeline vandalism.
According to Kayode, who claimed to be a cab operator, he was not a vandal but only patronised the suspected vandals because he needed to make extra profit.
“I graduated from OOU in 2008, but it’s been hard getting a white collar job so I started using my car for taxi business,” Akinsanya said.
“When fuel became scarce and I needed to make more money, I was informed that some vandals were selling fuel at Ikorodu at a very cheap price so I went to buy.”
Other suspects arrested were: Jimoh Hussein, Abia Joseph and Kazeem Sanni, who all admitted that they were pipeline vandals but said that they had only done it once.
Sanni, a welder, claimed that some hoodlums forced him into the business.
He said, “I hail from Fidewo Village, Ogun State and that is where I live. Some months ago, hoodlums started vandalising pipelines in our community. I and some other concerned members of the community told them to leave or we would report them to the police but the hoodlums called off our bluff and threatened us to either join them or vacate the community”
“After much persuasion, I joined them and as a welder, I was responsible for drilling holes into the pipes through which oil could be extracted. I did it only once and was given N25,000 before policemen arrested me,” he said.
It was gathered that one of the suspects, Hussein, better known as Sesan, is alleged to have been declared wanted by the police.
He confessed that he had been doing the business only for a year and had been arrested by the police before but granted bail by a court.
“I was a pipeline vandal but stopped two years ago after a court granted me bail. I am now a trader and I deal in building materials,” he said.
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