Illegal 12 oil wells uncovered in Lagos houses

The Lagos State Government on Friday shut 12 houses on Abeokuta and Ibadan Streets in Ilasamaja area of the State.

This followed the discovery of shallow oil wells built by landlords to illegally scoop diesel from a pipeline belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.
The oil wells were said to have been built for the purpose of illegally scooping diesel and selling same to members of the public, while some of the affected landlords built pumping machine and borehole to perpetrate the crime on a large scale.
The State’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde, who confirmed this while briefing newsmen at the Lagos House, Ikeja, said the step to shut the wells and cordon off the area was taken by the government to forestall loss of lives and property as a result of the looming danger.
Ayorinde, who addressed journalists alongside top government functionaries and the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, said a combined team from the Lagos State Police Command, the Ministry of the Environment, the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, the Lagos State Fire Service and the 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.http://theeagleonline.com.ng/illegal-oil-wells-uncovered-in-lagos-houses/