Two
officers of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, were
ambushed and killed by police officers attached to Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation according to information relived by eyewitnesses
and also confirmed with the spokesperson of the NSCDC in Lagos, Okeh
Emmanuel.
Two
officers involved in anti-vandal activities were fatally shot as they
drove in the NSCDC operational vehicle after arresting four vandals of
pipelines belonging to the NNPC after they were caught siphoning fuel.
Some officers were also injured in the attack which took place in the Ikorodu axis of Lagos.
The
vandals escaped after the fatal attack leading NSDCDC officials to
believe the vandals were in cahoot with the police. A wounded officer
said the vandals made several phone calls to the police officers before
they opened fire on the NSCDC patrol van.
A
police ID card, a gun and Walkie-Talkie belonging to one Inspector
Sunday Gabriel were retrieved from the scene of the attack. The Nigerian
police spokesperson in Lagos did not respond to inquiries regarding the
attack.
Earlier
this year, Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun publicly
accused officials of NNPC of conniving with pipeline vandals to
undermine the Nigerian economy through theft of petroleum product.
His outburst followed the murder of 3 NNPC engineers last September near Arepo village in Ogun state.
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