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6—Vanguard, MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2019
Pipeline task
force arrests 9
bunkering
suspects in
Delta
NINE persons were
arrested at Oteghele
and Ugbodede
communities by operatives
of Special Task Force on
Pipeline Vandalisation
attached to PPMC depot in
Warri, Delta State.
During the raids, about
15,000 litres of refined
diesel about to be loaded
into wooden boats in sacks
were impounded just as
over 50 illegal refineries
were also destroyed.
Speaking on the arrest in
Warri, yesterday,
Commander, Special Task
Force Anti-Pipeline
Vandalisation on Petroleum
and Illegal Bunkering, SP
Mohammed Yakubu, said
the arrest was made
possible based on the
intelligence gathering
efforts of his men and
officers.
He disclosed that while
Ugbodede community
camp harbours 13 illegal
refineries, Oteghele
community end controls the
largest with about 37
refineries operating at full
capacity in the area.
The commander
disclosed that the nine
arrested suspects will still
be detained for further
interrogations and would
be charged to court, while
the seized product would
be handed over to the
appropriate agency.
According to him, “It
may interest you to know
that this breakthrough was
made possible through the
cooperation of some good
citizens who provided the
information that led to the
arrests.”
26 suspected cultists, 64 miscreants arrested
in Lagos
By Bose Adelaja
NO fewer than 26 cultists
suspected to be members
of the dreaded cult group
known as Awawa Boys have
been arrested in Agege by
operatives of Lagos State
Environmental Sanitation and
Special
Offences
(Enforcement). Sixty four
miscreants were also arrested at
Oshodi areas of Lagos State by
the enforcement team weekend.
Chairman of the agency, CSP
Olayinka Egbeyemi, disclosed
that the 26 suspected cultists
were arrested during an overnight
enforcement operations
tagged Operation Restore
Sanity to Lagos around Isaleoja,
Funmilayo, Ile-pako at
Amoo, Orile by cannal, Papa-
Ashafa, Dopemu and Old Okooba
in Agege.
He said criminal activities
perpetuated by the Awawa boys
have become a serious threat
to the lives of residents and
innocent members of the public
around the area.
He stated that it was an eyesore
seeing the miscreants and
cultists robbing, raping and
freely smoking Indian hemp
with underage boys and girls.
The chairman stated further
that the 64 miscreants and
hoodlums, including three
Suspected Awawa cult gang and (BELOW) items recovered from the cult gang.
female teenagers, were
arrested during an over-night
raid around Oshodi, saying
dangerous weapons and
substance suspected to be
Indian hemp were recovered
from them.
The Lagos State
Commissioner of Police, CP
Zubairu Muazu, has
however, directed that all
those arrested be charged to
court for prosecution.
10 die in Ogun, Edo auto crashes
TEN people were, yesterday,
confirmed dead in separate
accidents around Olorunsogo
village, Kobape-Siun axis on
Abeokuta-Sagamu expressway,
Ogun State and Auchi-Okene
highway, Edo State.
Five persons died in the
Murder of 18-yr-old girl in Imo:
Family wants suspect punished
By Chinonso Alozie
OWERRI —THE family
members of the 18-year-old
girl, Ulumma Ekwebelem, from
Ikpem in Ehime Mbano Local
Government Area of Imo State,
allegedly killed by her fiancé,
Chibuzor Alaneme, said they
have remained in pains since her
death.
One of the uncles, Theo
Ekwebelem, said, yesterday, in
Owerri, the Imo State capital:
“This boy called Chibuzor has put
us in pains and we want him
punished. I have not said
anywhere that he should be
released. He must pay for the
crime .
“He must face the
consequences of what he did to
that girl. We are in serious pains
to watch our daughter just go like
that.”
Recall, Ulumma was said to be
preparing for her West Africa
Examinations Council, WAEC,
exams before the tragic incident
as the story of her murder was
weaved round the issue of
Ulumma Ekwebelem, the
deceased
sexuality and relationship.
Vanguard reported that the
incident has continued to cause stir
in the village of the suspect,
Chibuzor, in Umuohunma,
Ezuofoke community of Umunna in
Onuimo local government area of
Imo state, where police reportedly
arrested no fewer than ten persons.
However, at the time of filling this
report it was gathered that those
arrested had been released while
the suspect is said to be in police
custody.
accident involving a Primera car
and a Volvo truck around
Olorunsogo village, Kobape-
Siun axis on Abeokuta-Sagamu
expressway.
Spokesperson, Traffic
Compliance and Enforcement
Corps, TRACE, Mr Babatunde
Akinbiyi, who confirmed the
incident in Abeokuta, explained
that the accident occurred about
1:37pm, saying it was caused by
excessive speeding and loss of
control on the part of the Primera
car.
He said: “According to an
6 nabbed for cultism, murder
in Lagos
By Esther
Onyegbula
SIX suspected cultists are
currently being investigated
by operatives of the Homicide
section of the State Criminal
Investigation and Intelligence
Department, Lagos State police
command over the alleged
murder of four persons during
a cult clash in Ajah area of
Lagos.
According to the police, the
suspects were arrested in
connection with the clash
between Eye
and Aiye cult
groups, which
left four persons
dead on April 14
at General Paint,
Ajah.
The six
suspects
arrested on April
27, 2019 by
policemen
attached to Area
J Command
The suspects.
were identified as Babatunde
Wasiu ,30 ; Bolaji Elijah ,25;
Joseph Timothy ,32; Bolaji
Olayiwola ,22; Saheed Lateef ,22
and Julius Augele , 20.
Also the police recovered the
axes and jack knives which they
used during the clash.
Confirming the arrest the
spokesperson Lagos State Police
Command, DSP Bala Elkana, said
apart from these six suspects, four
suspects were earlier arrested and
charged to court in connection with
the incident, bringing the number
of suspects arrested to 10.
eyewitness, the car with number
plate, KTU 875 DP, lost control,
somersaulted and rammed into a
stationary Volvo truck with
number plate, LAR 119 YD,
parked off road.
“The accident involved five
persons, three of them were males
and two females.
“We learned the Primera car is
commercial, used in running
shuttle from Sagamu to
Abeokuta. All the five casualties
involved in the accident were in
the car when the accident
happened."
Akinbiyi noted that the corpses
of the dead had been deposited
at the morgue of General
Hospital, Ijaye, Abeokuta .
He appealed to motorists to
desist from excessive speeding
and reckless driving because of
its attendant consequences.
Also, five lives were lost in a
multiple road accident along
Auchi-Okene highway, Federal
Road Safety Commission, FRSC,
in Edo Sttae has confirmed.
The FRSC Sector Commander
in Edo, Mr Anthony Oko, who
confirmed the incident in Auchi,
said the accident happened at
about 11 a.m. at Jattu junction in
Etsako West Local Government
Area of the state.
According to Oko, five persons
died on the spot, while six others
sustained various degrees of
injury.
“I can confirm to you that five
persons have been killed in a
multiple accident at Jattu junction
along the Auchi-Okene-
Highyway.
“The dead included three males
and two females,” Oko said.