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Edo Task Force Arrests 6 Pipeline Vandals

by Patrick Ochoga
3 weeks ago
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Chairman of the Edo State Task Force on Protection of Government Property, Eugene Okolosie, says six persons have been arrested in connection with pipeline vandalism suspected to have been carried out in collusion with some members of the community.

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The damage was done to the Warri-Kaduna crude oil pipeline at the Ekperi axis in Edo State, where suspected vandals stole about 30km of the pipes.

Okolosie said yesterdaythat the suspects used excavators to dig out the pipes meant to convey crude oil from Warri to the Kaduna refinery, adding that some of the pipes have been recovered from the syndicate.

Similarly, the Task Force chairman announced that five suspects who vandalised government agricultural tractor and other heavy equipment for sale have been arrested at Uhuoghun in Orhionmwon local government area, just as he disclosed that five other suspects have also been arrested at Okpella for stealing high-tension electricity equipment.

Okolosie decried the high rate of encroachment on and stealing of government lands, including reserved areas in all parts of the state, adding that the task force has recovered 480 hectares of government land sold illegally by some community members.

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“In Sobe, the people sold the Melina and Tick trees planted by the Government in the reserved forest area. They destroyed the forest and started planting plantains on it.

 

“This has been going on for the past eight years”, Okolosie said and noted that most of the lands being sold illegally by community youth leaders and others in various communities were government-reserved lands.

 

 

The Task Force chairman expressed concern over the rate lands meant for development were being sold in the state, particularly concerning the Ewomama community, where the Civic centre, generator, market and the community secondary school land were sold. He, however, said the Government has recovered the lands sold illegally.

 

 

He said illegal land grabbers have particularly descended on school lands across the state, adding that there’s hardly any school that has not been invaded, citing Uromi where a private school is built inside a public school.

 

Disclosing that the Task Force has largely recovered lands belonging to schools in the state, Okolosie said “Anybody that attacks education is attacking the future of his community”.

 

He commended the state government for assisting the Task Force in achieving its goals and warned the public to beware of impersonators who claim to be task force members and demand money from them.

 


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