Oyo Police Arrest Fuel, Oil Thieves

Police have arrested suspected petroleum pipeline vandals, with over 3,000 litres of fuel in Ogun State, south-west Nigeria.

Parading the suspects, the Oyo State Police Commissioner, Mohammed Katsina, told reporters that the fuel scarcity had made petroleum products commodities of renewed interest to criminals.

Mr Katsina said that vandals were engaging in the illegal acts to sabotage the efforts of the government.
The Commissioner was speaking on Wednesday at a vandalism site along the border of Ogun State where the vandals had successfully scooped over 3,000 litres of petrol for sale at the black market.

The Command also got a clean break with the recovery of a 33,000 litres tanker containing engine oil which was snatched at gun point at the Ojo axis of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

Katsina explained to Journalists that the latest arrests would encourage the Command to beam its searchlight on vandalism and high way robbery, especially of petroleum products which had been on the increase since the fuel scarcity started.

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