The Inspector-General of Police Special Task Force on Anti-Pipeline vandalism has recovered the bodies of three staff of Pipelines and Product Marketing Company, PPMC, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, who were killed by pipeline vandals at Arepo, Ogun State, last month.One of the bodies which were in their decomposing states was identified as that of the Deputy Manager in-charge of Pipelines Right of Way, PROW. They were recovered in two shallow graves around the creeks where the vandals buried them.
The slain staff comprising engineers and technicians , met their unprepared end on September 8, 2012, after they had gone to put out the raging fire from a burst NNPC pipeline.
They reportedly succeeded in putting out the fire which raged for three days and were about effecting repairs on the damaged part when the vandals stormed the scene.
The vandals as gathered, opened fire on them, killing three of them at the spot while others managed to escape with bullet wounds.
Not yet done, the vandals thereafter, absconded with the copses of their victims.
Six suspects as gathered, were arrested during investigation by the Task Force, where one of the suspects identified as Imerepamu Joel told the operatives that he knew where bodies of the dead staff were buried.
Head of the Task Force, Mr Friday Ibadin, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, disclosed that it took the policemen six hours to sail to the spot.
Forty heavily armed policemen on speed boats and a patrol helicopter according to him were involved in the search
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