Policemen Attached To The NNPC
Kill Two NSCDC Officers In Lagos, Set
Pipeline Vandals Free
Posted: March 27, 2013 - 11:08
Slain officers and police id recovered from
crime scene
By SaharaReporters, New York
Two officers of Nigeria Security and Civil
Defence Corps, NSCDC, were ambushed and
killed by police officers attached to Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation according to
information relived by eyewitnesses and
also confirmed with the spokesperson of
the NSCDC in Lagos, Okeh Emmanuel.
Two officers involved in anti-vandal activities
were fatally shot as they drove in the NSCDC
operational vehicle after arresting four
vandals of pipelines belonging to the NNPC
after they were caught siphoning fuel.
Some officers were also injured in the attack
which took place in the Ikorodu axis of
Lagos.
The vandals escaped after the fatal attack
leading NSDCDC officials to believe the
vandals were in cahoot with the police.
A wounded officer said the vandals made
several phone calls to the police officers
before they opened fire on the NSCDC patrol
van. A police ID card, a gun and Walkie-Talkie
belonging to one Inspector Sunday Gabriel
were retrieved from the scene of the attack.
The Nigerian police spokesperson in Lagos
did not respond to inquiries regarding the
attack.
Earlier this year, Ogun State Governor,
Senator Ibikunle Amosun publicly accused
officials of NNPC of conniving with pipeline
vandals to undermine the Nigerian
economy through theft of petroleum
product.
His outburst followed the murder of 3 NNPC
engineers last September near Arepo village
in Ogun state
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