Abule-egba pipeline fire: Police arrest 4, declare fleeing prime suspect wanted

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Abule-egba pipeline fire: Police arrest 4, declare fleeing prime suspect wanted

The Lagos State Police Command, on Thursday, said it has arrested four persons suspected to be involved in the NNPC pipeline vandalism at Abule-Egba, a neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, which resulted to fire outbreak.

See the damages caused by the fire started at Abule-Egba by pipeline vandals

Command’s spokesman, CSP Chike Oti, said that the prime suspect, now at large, has been declared wanted.

According to him, the suspects explained that the fire emanated from a vandalized petroleum pipeline, which engulfed a section of Abule-Egba community and escalated to parts of Agege area, destroying properties worth millions of naira.

On December 12, an NNPC pipeline was vandalized, causing fire outbreak in which over a hundred houses, shops as well as over fifty vehicles were razed.