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Arepo Oil Vandals’ Attack Leaves Pregnant Woman Dead

A battle between some pipeline vandals and members of the Odua Peoples’ Congress has left a lady dead and four others hit by stray bullets … Continue reading Arepo Oil Vandals’ Attack Leaves Pregnant Woman Dead


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ArepoA battle between some pipeline vandals and members of the Odua Peoples’ Congress has left a lady dead and four others hit by stray bullets from the fight which occurred at Arepo in Ogun State, South-West Nigeria.

Wednesday, April 28 was a sad day for the residents of Beachland Estate in Arepo as one of the residents and six months pregnant lady, Damilola, was said to have been hit on her way from the hospital where she had gone to visit her husband.

Although, it was not clear whose stray bullet killed Damilola, mourning residents of the estate, who shared their experience with with Channels Television, appealed to the government for improved security aid in their environment.

Days before the incident, the Nigerian Police had been withdrawn from protecting the pipelines and replaced by the OPC guards.

The building which used to be the security post for the protection of pipelines in the Arepo creeks had become dilapidated after the fight between the two combatants.

The Nigerian Police, however, said that it would wade into the crisis.

An amateur clip was obtained from an eyewitness which shows the pipeline vandals heading into the creek through Beachland Estate.

The video shows that the residential area, which is meters away from the Arepo creek, remains vulnerable to vandals’ attacks.