The
Lagos State Government has said that it shut 12 houses in the Ilasamaja
area of the state over discovery of shallow oil wells built by
landlords to steal diesel from pipelines.
Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde, first right and Lagos Police Commissioner, third left at the scene
While briefing newsmen at the Lagos House in Ikeja, Commissioner
for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde, said on Friday that it
shut 12 houses in Abeokuta and Ibadan Streets in Ilasamaja area of the
state over discovery of shallow oil wells built by landlords to steal
diesel from pipelines belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC).
Ayorinde said the oil wells were built for the purpose of illegally
scooping diesel and selling same to members of the public, adding that
some of the affected landlords built pumping machine and boreholes to
perpetrate the crime on a large scale.
The commissioner who also revealed that the step to shut the wells
and cordon off the area was taken by government to forestall loss of
lives and property as a result of the looming danger, added that a
combined team from the police command, the Ministry of Environment,
Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, Lagos State Fire Service
and Sole Administrator of Isolo Local Council Development Area carried
out a thorough inspection of the entire area and discovered nothing less
than 12 of the illegal oil wells.
“The Lagos State Government wishes to use this opportunity to
remind Lagosians and the residents of these areas in particular to
assist the police with useful information,” the commissioner said.
“We also urge them to always volunteer information before any potentially dangerous situation degenerates to public hazard.”
The Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, confirmed the arrest of
three suspects in the operation, adding that a fire tanker had been
stationed in the event of any fire incident.
“The men of the Lagos State Police Command in the area who were
on routine patrol said they saw a woman around 12 midnight with keg of
diesel and when an attempt was made for her to be accosted, she fled, a
development which alerted the police of something fishy.
“The police immediately pursued the woman and accosted her,
after which she eventually took them to number 12, Abeokuta Street, off
Ilasamaja, one of the houses housing the illegal oil wells.
“The officers thereafter left the scene with the arrested
woman, and they later came back disguising as potential buyers of
diesel, while those inside opened the door.
“It was at that point that the illegal oil well was discovered
at the house, after which about 10 more wells were discovered in other
houses in Abeokuta and Ibadan streets,” Ayorinde said.
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