Two University of Ibadan researchers in the Criminology Unit of the Department of Sociology, Dr. Oludayo Tade and Ayodele Austin, at the weekend attributed the continued acts of vandalism at the Arepo Village, Ogun State, to the handiwork of some super
rich Nigerians, as well as the compromise of some security operatives with some NNPC staff.
In a research report titled “Social Organisation of Oil pipeline Vandalism in Arepo Community, Ogun State”, Tade with Ayodele Austin, said that the menace would continue unabated unless the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, and the new Group Managing Director of NNPC, Dr Ibe Kachiku, probe the complicity of their men posted to the
community and their complicity with some unscrupulous money bags in the country.
Aside this, the researchers advocated “the deployment of technology surveillance such as motion and flow detectors to check corrupt practices and vandalism, as well as equipping security
agencies with state-of-art weapons, bullet proof vests, vehicles and gun boats which they currently lack”.
According to the duo: “Pipeline vandalism in Arepo involves active collaboration of security agencies in general and in
particular the police, senior staff at the NNPC (Mosimi), Department of Petroleum resources (DPR), who have corruptly
enriched themselves at the expense of the nation.
“All these actors provide the necessary information and deploy their networks to aid the crime and even get the arrested vandals released from the hands of the law”, the report made available to New Telegraph in Ibadan, read.
According to the criminologists: “The NSCDC Act empowers it to protect government infrastructure such as
pipelines, the criminologists found that reported romance between police and top NNPC personnel has impeded successful routing of vandals in the location, as compromised officers and staff in NNPC provide vandals with information on when pressures were sent out across pipelines”.
Tade concluded that Arepo was a compromised environment that needed
total liberation.
“People in the community who are not involved in vandalism live in fear and cannot talk because of fear for their lives. They do not trust security agencies because they are allegedly compromises. Our key informants told us that none of the vandals that had been arrested could afford the implements they used for vandalising pipelines.
“They even told us how some compromised NNPC staff have invited them for meeting to be on their pay-roll on a monthly basis and allow vandals carry out their illegal oil scooping. For instance, they use drilling machine, carry
sophisticated weapons like AK 47 which costs about N400, 000 per one, an average speed boat that costs about N5m; gunboat costing about N20m, and General Purpose Machine Gun
(GPMG). But the one mostly used in Arepo are locally constructed,” the researchers said.
rich Nigerians, as well as the compromise of some security operatives with some NNPC staff.
In a research report titled “Social Organisation of Oil pipeline Vandalism in Arepo Community, Ogun State”, Tade with Ayodele Austin, said that the menace would continue unabated unless the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, and the new Group Managing Director of NNPC, Dr Ibe Kachiku, probe the complicity of their men posted to the
community and their complicity with some unscrupulous money bags in the country.
Aside this, the researchers advocated “the deployment of technology surveillance such as motion and flow detectors to check corrupt practices and vandalism, as well as equipping security
agencies with state-of-art weapons, bullet proof vests, vehicles and gun boats which they currently lack”.
According to the duo: “Pipeline vandalism in Arepo involves active collaboration of security agencies in general and in
particular the police, senior staff at the NNPC (Mosimi), Department of Petroleum resources (DPR), who have corruptly
enriched themselves at the expense of the nation.
“All these actors provide the necessary information and deploy their networks to aid the crime and even get the arrested vandals released from the hands of the law”, the report made available to New Telegraph in Ibadan, read.
According to the criminologists: “The NSCDC Act empowers it to protect government infrastructure such as
pipelines, the criminologists found that reported romance between police and top NNPC personnel has impeded successful routing of vandals in the location, as compromised officers and staff in NNPC provide vandals with information on when pressures were sent out across pipelines”.
Tade concluded that Arepo was a compromised environment that needed
total liberation.
“People in the community who are not involved in vandalism live in fear and cannot talk because of fear for their lives. They do not trust security agencies because they are allegedly compromises. Our key informants told us that none of the vandals that had been arrested could afford the implements they used for vandalising pipelines.
“They even told us how some compromised NNPC staff have invited them for meeting to be on their pay-roll on a monthly basis and allow vandals carry out their illegal oil scooping. For instance, they use drilling machine, carry
sophisticated weapons like AK 47 which costs about N400, 000 per one, an average speed boat that costs about N5m; gunboat costing about N20m, and General Purpose Machine Gun
(GPMG). But the one mostly used in Arepo are locally constructed,” the researchers said.
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