Anre, who is just nineteen,
confessed that his mum took him to one Savie, the mastermind of the crime, when
he could no longer cater to his wife and child.
The suspected oil thief,
Chemede Anre has confessed to his involvement in illegal oil bunkering, saying
it was his mother who introduced him to the crime.
The 19-year-old, who is
also a fisherman, was paraded on Wednesday along with five others – Ibrahim
Kwenu, 23; Savig Videjon, 20; Celestine Soru, 20; Simon Posu, 22, and
21-year-old Lekan Wesu – at the Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Security and
Civil Defence Corps in Ikeja.
He added that he was
compelled to join Savie because he was not catching enough fish due to drought.
According to Punch, the
suspects were apprehended on Friday around the Topo, Badagry area of Lagos, by
the anti-vandal squad of the corps.
They were ferrying 86 drums
of petrol, suspected to have been siphoned from vandalised pipelines of the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, to Benin Republic, when they were
intercepted on the sea.
Each of the drums
reportedly contained 250 litres of the product.
Speaking with Punch, Anre,
who was the boat captain, said he regretted heeding his mother’s advice, and
that Savie, who was at large, had promised to pay him and members of his crew
N4,000 each.
The other suspects equally
blamed drought for their involvement in the act.
The NSCDC Commandant in
Lagos State, Tajudeen Balogun, said his men swooped on the suspects after an
intelligence report. They are making efforts to arrest the kingpin before going
to court.
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