Residents of Fagba community in the Ifako/Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State fear a pipeline explosion is imminent in the area as vandals operate unhindered, stealing fuel from the Nigeria...
Residents of Fagba community in the Ifako/Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State fear a pipeline explosion is imminent in the area as vandals operate unhindered, stealing fuel from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation pipeline as SAMSON FOLARIN reports
They were reported to have bound a local vigilante and bundled him into the back of a sports utility vehicle they brought for the operation. “A guard on the adjoining street saw them digging in the wee hours of the night and flashed a torch in their direction. He asked what they were doing and they told him not to bother himself because they worked for some powerful people.
“We removed the four tyres of the vehicle we towed to the spot. We also alerted the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps officer in charge of Ifako Ijaiye, Mrs. Osho; and one Mr Dare, who works with a private company guarding the pipeline. They usually patrol the area. They both said there was no problem,” the source added.
“Last year when those vandals were about to strike, a similar thing happened. Some policemen just came from nowhere and arrested everybody, including our guards. It was the following day that the vandals came. “The man ignorantly opened the gate for them. At that point, they seized him and put him in the back of their Sienna vehicle. They drove the vehicle to Railway Crossing and asked one of them to stay with him, as they brought in the tankers,” a resident said.
One of them asked that while security should be improved in the area, concrete should be poured at the point where the vandals struck. Oke said, “There is a kind of high level conspiracy. It’s the work of a very strong syndicate. When I got to the scene and made enquiries, I was also informed that some people had come earlier to prepare the ground.
Fasiu said, “Before the incident, our men had ensured that they watched the right of way of the NNPC pipeline. Our men patrolled the place together with a private security company, Pentagon.
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