Police Nab 5 Over Abule Egba Pipeline Fire Incident
No fewer than five person have arrested and the prime suspects declared wanted over Abule-Egba Petroleum Pipeline Fire incident which occurred in Lagos State recently.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Police Command, Chike Oti, a Chief Superintendent of Police in a statement made available to journalists on Thursday said the Command has recorded a breakthrough in the investigation of the fire incident that occurred recently at Abule-Egba and Agege areas of Lagos, in which at about 100 houses,100 shops and 50 cars went up in flames.
He said during interrogation, the four suspects gave vivid account of how the fire that emanated from a vandalised petroleum pipe engulfed a fraction of Abule-Egba community and escalated to parts of Agege area, destroying properties worth millions of Naira.
‘’They also mentioned one Hon(Amb) Prince Adedipo Dauda Ewenla as their ring leader.
‘’Based on this, the Command extended invitation to him at his last known address but found out that he has fled to Ogun state in order to evade arrest.’’
The state’s Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, however advised the suspects to come out of hiding and report to Lagos State Police Command Headquarters, Ikeja or to the nearest police station in the state to defend the allegation against them.
