Lagos – Police in Lagos have arrested a gang member who specialized in syphoning fuel into sacks and sell to the public.
According to the PPRO Lagos command, DSP Bala Elkana, “On 28th March, 2019 at about 1230 pm while on anticrime monitoring of Canoe area of Ejigbo, the police operatives led by Sgt Sunday Joseph suspected a Fiat Bus with two contrasting colours: painted in Lagos commercial colour at the front while the rest is painted in blue.
“On sighting the policemen, the three occupants of the bus jumped down and fled in different directions. The policemen pursued them and caught up with one of them, WASIU OYEWOLE ‘M’ OF NO 3 OLUWASEYI Street, Agodo Egbe, Lagos, while the remaining two jumped into the carnal and escaped.
“The suspect confessed that he and his cohorts loaded the FIAT Bus with registration NO LND 825 BC with multiple sacks laden with PMS or Petrol.
“He claimed further that NNPC pipeline was bust in Owutu area of Agric in Ikorodu where the products were loaded while their intended sales point is Ijegun.
The statement stressed that efforts are being made to track down other accoplices who jumped off the vehicle on sighting the Police.
Meanwhile NNPC OFFICIALS have been contacted to decant the product.
