Man Found Dead Inside NNPC Pipeline

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ogun State Command, on Sunday, said it recovered the body of a 45-year-old man, in the middle of NNPC’s Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) pipeline at Gbaga Axis, Ogijo, Ogun.

The man was suspected to be an oil thief.

The command made this known in Abeokuta in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Dyke Ogbonnaya.

Ogbonnaya stated that the command has reported the incident to the NNPC and further briefed it on the activities of die-hard vandals, an euphemism for oil thieves in the state.

He said that the command’s anti-vandal team has pledged to work harder to combat vandalism.

“Earlier this Sunday morning around 5:55am during our regular routine patrol along the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC’s) Right of Way/ Pipeline at Gbaga axis of Ogijo.

(DAILY POST)