Confession: Vandals Implicate Security Operatives In Operation

Moshood Jibril, a suspected vandal and his accomplice, Joseph Friday have been arrested by police in Lagos state after allegedly transporting stolen fuel to Ibadan, Oyo state.

The Punch reports that the suspects confessed that they usually had to pay security agents along the way about N500, 000 to transport the stolen fuel.

The vandals with their stolen fuel. Image/The Punch

The suspects were arrested on Friday, January 1 in the Isolo area by operatives of the inspector-general of police special taskforce on anti-pipeline vandalism after they had stolen fuel from a pipeline.

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Jibril said: “My job is to escort the truck from Lagos after we have loaded the fuel. I would drive behind the truck and a woman called Anna would bring N500,000 which we would use to settle security agents on our way.

“It was while we were waiting for the woman on Friday that the police arrested me. I did not know how they found out that we had just finished loading.

“I also do smuggling. I bring cars from the Benin Republic to various parts of the country. It was my elder brother, Rasheed, who introduced me to this business. He is the owner of the products and the Toyota car I was caught with.”

Friday claimed he did not know he would be engaging in oil bunkering when he was called to do the job.

He said: “This is the first time I would be called for the job. I had never stolen fuel before. I was promised N300,000 by one Bayo who invited me. I did not know that it is called illegal bunkering.

“They said I was going to move fuel from a faulty truck in the area. But when I got there, I saw a long hose on the ground and they started pumping. I saw that the hose was connected to a damaged pipeline.

“Bayo and a woman, simply known as Anna, were the ones loading the fuel. They told me some soldiers were aware of the deal, and they would provide protection for me. It was when we got to the Isolo Bridge that the police arrested us.”

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Valentine Olumese, the commander of the task force revealed that the police got an intelligent report which prompted the arrest.

He said: “We are working to apprehend all those who are also connected to the operation.”

In a related development, police operatives attached to Ota and Ajuwon police divisions in Ogun state swooped on a gang of pipeline vandals at Akute Odo area, by Ishasi Creek, Akute in Ifo local government area of the state.

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