Policemen provided guns for vandals who shot dead six months pregnant woman – OPC security outfit

The security outfit providing protection for the pipelines in Arepo area of Ogun State, Donyx Global Concept, has accused policemen in the area of backing the vandals who shot dead a six months pregnant woman, Damilola Fajana. Fajana was shot dead on Wednesday when vandals on a revenge mission attacked security men on patrol protecting the pipelines under an agreement between the Federal Government and Donyx Global Concept, a brainchild of the Oodua Peoples congress. The General Manager of Donyx Global Concept, Femi Ekundayo, told The Eagle Online that the vandals came on a revenge mission because some of their colleagues were arrested for attempting to vandalise the pipelines in the area. Ekundayo put the number of the vandals that attacked the security personnel of his company at not less than 12. He said what gave out the vandals as having the backing of the police was that the 12 of them were armed with A47 rifles, which are mainly used by policemen. A police post was manning the pipelines before the Federal Government signed a security contract with the OPC for the policing of the pipelines. This followed persistent damages to the pipelines along the axis despite the presence of the policemen. Ekundayo told The Eagle Online that as soon as the vandals arrived, they started shooting sporadically, with one of the bullets hitting Fajana, who was one her way home to pick a few things for her husband who was hospitalised. She was being driven by her husband’s driven when suddenly a stray bullet hit her. She died before she could get full medical help. Efforts to reach the police high command in Ogun State as at the time of filing this report did not succeed. But Ekundayo said the attack by the vandals will not stop his company from carrying out its duties. He vowed that the vandals will no longer succeed in disrupting oil flow through vandalisation of the pipelines.

Troops free another 234 women, children in Sambisa forest

Another set of 234 women and children were rescued through the Kawuri and Konduga end of Sambisa forest on Thursday. This was disclosed by the Defence Headquarters on Saturday. The women and children have been evacuated to join others at the place of ongoing screening. A statement by the Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, said this set is in addition to the previous individuals earlier rescued during the ongoing operation in the area to rid it of Boko Haram terrorists. Olukolade added: “The assault on the forest is continuing from various fronts and efforts are concentrated on rescuing hostages of civilians and destroying all terrorists camps and facilities in the forest.” This being the total number of women and children rescued form Sambisa forest to 524.