Two officials of the Nigerian Civil Defence and Security Corp were on Tuesday, killed by gunmen, alleged to be officers of the Nigeria Police Force in Isawo area of Ikorodu in Lagos State.
The deceased officers are identified as Innocent Akhigbe, an inspector and Gabriel Adaji, an assistant inspector. The slain officials were reportedly on routine surveillance of pipeline facilities in Ikorodu, when they were reportedly waylaid.
The NCDSC officers, who escaped the attack, however, recovered an identification card belonging to a police inspector and a service pistol.
A source at the headquaters of NSCDC informed the Nigerian Tribune that the policemen were collaborators with pipeline vandals in the area.
The source said that some oil thieves, who had earlier escaped from the civil defence officials, mobilized the policemen, who launched the attack.
It was gathered that the civil defence officers, who were in two Hilux patrol vans invaded Ikorodu area and arrested some pipeline vandals.
“Some of the vandals escaped, after they could not withstand the civil defence officer but four of them were arrested “the source told the Nigerian Tribune.
It was while the NSCDC were leaving the scene that an unmarked Toyota Corolla crossed their vans and some gunmen opened fire on them. One of the officers died on the spot, while the other died at an unnamed hospital, where he was rushed to.
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