The incident happened at KML 1, LASU Road, Iyana Odo bus stop in Isheri Olofin, a suburb of Lagos.The incident was discovered by officers of the Anti-Vandalism Intelligence Unit Team B set up by Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase.
Ayinda allegedly connected a pipe inside her water well to NNPC pipeline and has been siphoning petrol illegally for the past three years.
They acted on tip-off.Ayinde allegedly admitted after her arrest that for the past three years, vandals has been operating in her house and she reported to the NNPC officials but they did not do anything about it.
She denied her involvement in the act and said she made a mistake for not informing the police because she relied on NNPC who asked her not to worry.Ayinde revealed that the NNPC officials use to come with a team and she did not ask to know whether they were really officers or not.
When our reporter visited the scene, the house was
deserted by the tenants.Some jerrycans used for storing scooped petrol were all
over the the premises before the task-force struck.
Armed officers of the task
force were seen manning the house and its environs.Efforts to speak with them
proved futile.
Credit: PM News
They directed our reporter to their boss, CSP Valentine Olumese
in Abuja for comment.At the time of filing this report, Ayinde was still
detained at the station where she was writing her statement.Source said, she
might be flown to Abuja for further interrogation.
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