Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Ikemefuna Okoye, has said that the police were still searching for two officers who went missing during a shootout with petroleum pipeline vandals at Arepo on Sunday.
He said: “We are searching for the two missing police officers at the Sunday incident at Arepo community; because the missing officers are precious to our command. Therefore, we are working hard to bring them back alive.
“The perpetrators of the act will not go free; they will pay dearly for their actions.” The missing policemen were said to have engaged the vandals in gun battle in Arepo, a community in Ogun State.
Speaking through the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Muyiwa Adejobi, the commissioner said the gallant officers were at the creek to check the activities of the vandals. He said: “In the course of halting the illegal operation, they attacked our men and took away two of the officers.
“To ensure sanity in Arepo, oil bunkers and pipeline vandals in the state will be treated like murderers. “Since the Sunday incident, the police have been working with other security agencies at the creek to rescue the missing officers.”
The commissioner added that as part of efforts to rescue the missing officers, the police were also partnering with the residents of Arepo and Elepe, the neighbouring village.
He also appealed to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to shut down the flow of fuel to the area to stop the raging fire at the site of the ruptured pipeline at Arepo.
Corroborating Okoye’s views, the state Public Relations Officer (PRO), the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kareem Olanrewaju, said the corps was working the police to bring back the missing officers.
He said: “Men of the NSCDC and the Nigerian Army are now working with other security agencies in the state to locate the missing policemen.”
Meanwhile, the Olu of Arepo, Oba Solomon Oyebi, has raised the alarm over alleged plot to rope Arepo residents into the vandalism saga. He said: “We should not be roped into the incident.” The monarch urged the Federal Government not to leave any stone unturned in its efforts to end pipeline vandalism in the community and in the country at large.
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He said: “We are searching for the two missing police officers at the Sunday incident at Arepo community; because the missing officers are precious to our command. Therefore, we are working hard to bring them back alive.
“The perpetrators of the act will not go free; they will pay dearly for their actions.” The missing policemen were said to have engaged the vandals in gun battle in Arepo, a community in Ogun State.
Speaking through the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Muyiwa Adejobi, the commissioner said the gallant officers were at the creek to check the activities of the vandals. He said: “In the course of halting the illegal operation, they attacked our men and took away two of the officers.
“To ensure sanity in Arepo, oil bunkers and pipeline vandals in the state will be treated like murderers. “Since the Sunday incident, the police have been working with other security agencies at the creek to rescue the missing officers.”
The commissioner added that as part of efforts to rescue the missing officers, the police were also partnering with the residents of Arepo and Elepe, the neighbouring village.
He also appealed to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to shut down the flow of fuel to the area to stop the raging fire at the site of the ruptured pipeline at Arepo.
Corroborating Okoye’s views, the state Public Relations Officer (PRO), the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kareem Olanrewaju, said the corps was working the police to bring back the missing officers.
He said: “Men of the NSCDC and the Nigerian Army are now working with other security agencies in the state to locate the missing policemen.”
Meanwhile, the Olu of Arepo, Oba Solomon Oyebi, has raised the alarm over alleged plot to rope Arepo residents into the vandalism saga. He said: “We should not be roped into the incident.” The monarch urged the Federal Government not to leave any stone unturned in its efforts to end pipeline vandalism in the community and in the country at large.
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