Rich Nigerians Sponsor Us – Pipeline Vandal

A suspected pipeline vandal, Ismaila Sulaiman, has said rich Nigerian men are behind vandalisation of pipelines and theft of petroleum products.

Sulaiman, a member of a gang that specialised in stealing petrol from vandalised pipelines in Ogun and Oyo states, said this when he was arrested with four others by policemen attached to the Force Headquarters.

Explaining their modus operandi, Suleiman said as soon as a strategic NNPC pipeline was spotted, they would drill through the main pipeline and with the aid of valves easily transfer the petrol to their tankers.

“It is a very big business sponsored by very rich Nigerians. We load more than 10 tankers before we relocate to another spot for fear that law enforcement agents might trace us. I do not know how they got wind of this deal because we normally have a very strong security arrangement,” he said.

Sulaiman said they relocated to Oyo when the security in Lagos became too tight for them to operate freely.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the policemen, who are operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special Task Force on Anti-Pipeline Vandalism Unit, arrested the suspects and impounded five tankers loaded with petrol.

Sulaiman, Nasiru Adamu, Abdullahi Isa, Garuba Lawal and Musa Abubakar were arrested around Olurunda at Ogun /Oyo border village.

Culled from PUNCH
http://www.punchng.com/metro/rich-nigerians-sponsor-us-pipeline-vandal/