The oil wells and the syndicate running it were busted by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team(IRT) led by DCP Abba Kyari.
The oil wells were being used by the syndicate to siphon petroleum products from the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipeline.
Two female suspects, Victoria and Shafe, who the police believed are the operators of the wells filled with fuel at houses 4 and 2, Surprise Avenue, Ejibgo, were arrested by IRT operatives.
It was gathered that the suspects dug 75-foot wells in their compounds located a few meters from the NNPC pipeline to which they connected pipes with submersible pumping machines.
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