Photos have emerged of the landlady in Lagos who had a well connected to an NNPC pipeline which was used for the illegal siphoning of petrol.
The accused, Floyinka Ayinda
Mrs Floyinka Ayinda has been arrested and detained at Idimu division on charges of vandalism of NNPC pipeline in Isheri Olofin, Lagos, after a pipe water well was discovered to be connected to NNPC pipeline.
The well
The 59-year-old landlady has been siphoning petrol illegally at her residence located at KML 1, LASU Road, Iyana Odo bus stop in Isheri Olofin, for the past three years.
Officers of the Anti-Vandalism Intelligence Unit Team B set up by Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, acting on a tip-off made the discovery. Ayinde allegedly admitted after her arrest that for the past three years, vandals have been operating in her house and she reported to the NNPC officials but they did not do anything about it.
She however denied her involvement in the act and claimed that her only mistake was by not informing the police because she relied on NNPC who asked her not to bother.
The suspect further revealed that the NNPC officials use to come with a team and she did not ask to know whether they were really officers or not.