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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.
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