The Lagos State Police command has arrested Wasiu Oyewole, male, of No 3 Oluwaseyi Street, Agodo Egbe, Lagos for allegedly conveying siphoned Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in the Ejigbo area of the state.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana who confirmed this in a statement in Lagos on Sunday said that a team of Police operatives led by Sergeant Sunday Joseph, last Thursday at about 12.30pm, while on anti-crime monitoring of Canoe area of Ejigbo, suspected a Fiat Bus with two contrasting colours; painted in Lagos commercial colour at the front while the rest is painted in blue.
The statement said that the three (3) occupants of the bus, on sighting the Policemen, jumped down and fled in different directions.
It added that the policemen pursued them and caught up with one of them, Wasiu Oyewole while the remaining two (2) jumped into the carnal and escaped.
“The suspect confessed that he and his cohorts loaded the Fiat bus with Registration No. LND 825 BC with multiple sacks laden with PMS or Petrol. He claimed further that NNPC pipeline was burst in Owutu area of Agric. in Ikorodu where the products were loaded while their intended sales point is Ijegun.
“Efforts are being made to track down other accomplices who jumped off the vehicle on sighting the police. Meanwhile NNPC officials have been contacted to decant the product”, the statement said.
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