4 policemen arrested for killing GEJ pipeline contractor

The police in Ogun State have arrested four policemen, who on Sunday allegedly shot dead an operative of Global Concept Limited, one of the companies that was recently licensed by the Federal Government to protect the oil pipelines, in Sagamu area of the state

The deceased identified as Musibau Jimoh was killed at Sagamu junction by one of the policemen, who allegedly ordered him to release impounded vehicles and arrested suspects to them.

The arrested policemen were allegedly trying to rescue two pipeline vandals, who were arrested in Arepo area of the state by men of Donyx Global Concept Limited

Police sources said the policemen were as at Sunday evening still being detained at the command headquarters of the police at Iperu Road in Sagamu.

Angry residents in the area attempted to lynch the policemen, who shot sporadically into the air to escape from the scene, before they were later arrested

Ripples gathered that it all started when some operatives of the pipeline protection company intercepted some vandals in Arepo and were transporting them to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company [NNPC] depot in Mosinmi Sagamu, when the policemen allegedly stopped the bus and demanded to know why the suspects and the buses should be taken to the NNPC office.

A witness, Temitope Odunsi, who was also in the bus narrated that  “Jimoh  brought out his identification card, which was given to us by our company and NNPC  and was explaining to them, when one of them snatched it from him and ordered him to stop talking.

An argument ensued and one of them shot him at very close range and he died.

The General Manager of Global Concept Limited, Femi Ekundayo , while speaking on the incident, described it as very “unfortunate and unprofessional of the policemen

He called on the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase to ensure that a thorough investigation is conducted on the incident and the suspect made to face the full wrath of the law.

“I don t know how to explain this. I cannot call this jealousy. They are certainly working for the pipeline vandals and that is not good for this country”, Ekundayo said.

He added that “We have always expressed our willingness to work with the police and other security agencies, but this is not the way to cooperate with us to fight vandals”.

Efforts to speak with the image maker in charge of the state police command Muyiwa Adejobi failed, as his mobile phone line could not be reached as at the time of filling this report

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