Navy Arrests Five Pipeline Vandals, Recovers 3 Boats, 126 Jerry-Cans

[Shola Sholaz]

Naval operatives attached to NNS BEECROFT, Apapa, Lagos at the early hours of yesterday,engaged some pipeline vandals who were siphoning petroleum products from a vandalised pipeline, in a shoot-out, at Majidun area of Ikorodu.
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At the end of the shoot-out,five suspects,among them a nursing mother were arrested,with the recovery of a total of 126 jerrycans filled with the siphoned products.
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Also recovered were four boats used by the suspected vandals.
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Parading the suspects before newsmen, the Commander NNS Beecroft, Commodore Chris Ezekobe, said the suspects were among several others who had allegedly converted Majidun area into a safe haven for their criminal activities. He explained that the arrest was sequel to an intelligence report received that vandals were operating in the area following which a team of naval operatives mounted surveillance at the area.

[Folami David]

They deserve the arrest cos it's always a very wrong thing to do as a citizen of this country....They need to learn one or two lessons in prison!