Six suspected pipeline vandals has been arrested on the act. The suspects included four suspected militants said to be operating in the Ikorodu-Arepo areas. The militants, who were arrested on
Friday, are 40-year-old Pere Ugbozuwa, Audu Tony, 39; Ifeanyi Eze, 29;
and Ojogo Ezekiel, 23.
Ugbozuwa was said to be the secretary of the militants.
According to the state Police Public
Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, the suspects are under interrogation
at the headquarters of the Special Anti- Robbery Squad in Magbon,
Abeokuta.
He said the suspects had made useful
statements that would assist the officer-in-charge of SARS to carry out a
thorough investigation and make more arrests.
Adejobi explained that the group had been linked to killings of security men and vandalising of pipelines in the Arepo area.
He said, “The special operation
coordinated by the state Commissioner of Police, Abdulmajid Ali, has led
to the arrest of four leaders of the militant group that has been
responsible for damaging of pipelines and other criminal acts in Arepo.
“The command deployed men from the
Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Police Mobile Force, Safer Highway, and
Anti-Crime teams from various sections of the command to attack the
hoodlums in the creek with two Armoured Personnel Carriers.”
Six pipeline vandals Nab by Ogun state policemen
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