Ogun State Police Command intercepts tanker with stolen fuel, one suspect arrested

The Ogun State Police Command says
its operatives attached to Sagamu Division
intercepted a truck loaded with vandalised
Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in Sagamu area of
the state on December 27, Channelstv reports.
A press statement by the spokesman for the
command, Muyiwa Adejobi, said the Police
operatives acted on a tip-off which led to the
arrest of one of the vandals named Elochukwu
Byron. However, other suspects escaped.
According to Mr. Adejobi, the suspect and the
exhibits would be transferred to the Department
of Criminal Investigation and Intelligence, in
Eleweran Abeokuta, for further investigation on
the directive of the Commissioner of Police, Ogun
State, Abdulmajid Ali.
Mr Ali has also put all officers and men of the
command on their toes to make sure that
pipelines and installations are adequately
protected, particularly during a period of fuel
crisis like the one being witnessed across Nigeria.
The Commissioner warned that many of the
hoodlums would want to seize the opportunity to
perpetrate their criminal act of economic
sabotage.