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How We Killed 9 Policemen At Ikorodu Creek – Pipeline Vandals

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Operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special Task Force on Pipeline Vandalism, have arrested no fewer than nine persons for vandalizing and siphoning petroleum products from a pipeline belonging to the Nigeria National Petroleum Commission, NNPC, in Ogijo area of Ogun State.

Among the suspects was an amputee, two ex- militants from Ondo State, an owner of a popular petrol station and one of his staff and five receivers of stolen petrol products.

They were arrested at separate locations in Ogijo, Shagamu and Ijebu-Ode areas of the state.

Sources told Vanguard that the militants were working with a notorious gang of vandals operating in Ikorodu, Lagos, but relocated to Ogijo, Ogun State, when they fell out with the commander of the camp, one Ossy, in Ishawo, Ikorodu.

They reportedly formed their own gang and the owner of the popular filling station, located at Ogijo, was their major client.

One of the militants, Timi Tamarawemeyedo, also known as City, said: “I was against their brutal style of operation and Ossy became angry with me and wanted me dead. Our problem started in May 2014, when they abducted nine policemen that attempted to stop our operation at the Arepo Creek.

“As a senior member of the group, I told Ossy not to kill the policemen, but he ordered that they be killed because they were seriously disturbing his activities.

“I moved to  Ogijo with one of my brothers,  Austin Ajama and we teamed up with one Fish,   Henry, Aloma, Lastborn, Tabalet and some others.  These guys were natives of the area and they also had arms. They also brought one Wasiu, who is an engineer who used to bore the hole on the pipeline and also constructed valve which we used in connecting the hose.

“Our operation was going smoothly, until recently when another group went behind us to siphon fuel from the same line where we had worked and they had an issue with some policemen on patrol and they shot at the officers. That was what got the policemen angry and they lunched a man hunt fort us.

“On the day I was arrested, I was at our usual rendezvous with my brother Ajama and my driver, Oluwole Akingbeno, waiting for Fish and his men, when the police rounded us up. It was one of the buyers, Abdulraman Yusuf, who led the policemen to where I was.”

City, also disclosed that he bought two SUVs and built houses in Ondo and Lagos states.

Also, the owner of the popular fuel station in Ogijo, one Niyi Fadassi, toldVanguard that he bought few jerry cans of fuel from the vandals.

He said: “ It was my supervisor who bought the products from the vandals. I wasn’t in the country when it happened but when I came back he told me that our stock got finished and he bought few jerry cans from the vandals to sell to our customers due to the scarcity. “

However, Abdulraman Yusuf, who was a regular supplier of the fuel station claimed that he sold products to station on several occasions.

He said: “Niyi, was my customer and I have supplied him on several occasions. I used to sell a 50-litre jerry can to him for N3,500 because and I used to buy for N3,000 from the militants.”

Confirming the incident, the Commander of the Task Force, CSP Valentine Olumese, said the suspects have all made confessional statements.

He further stated that they will be charged to court as soon as investigations into the matter are over.

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