Crude oil rushes out of tap in a village in Kogi state

A well in a compound which is located 30 meters
from the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation pipeline in Gegu, Koton Karafi Local
Government area of Kogi State, has been
discovered to be filled with crude oil.
Reports reveal that some overhead tanks
belonging to one Alhaji Suleiman Mohammed
who owns a pure water factory in the area was
also filled with crude oil.
Alhaji Suleiman however revealed that he woke
up and discovered that all his overhead tanks
were filled with crude oil.
Eyewitness at the area revealed that residents had
lined up to fetch water when crude oil started
gushing out of the tap. Residents were said to
have started struggling to fetch the crude oil
before the police stormed the area.
Assistant Commissioner of Police, Friday Ibadin,
who is in-charge of the taskforce, said on August
22, 2013, he got an intelligence report that some
individuals were carting away gallons of crude oil
from a village in Kogi state.
He said, "Policemen led by Kogi Sector
Commander, Dawn Eremie, stormed the premises
and discovered a well filled with crude oil as well
as empty kegs littered in the compound. The
owner of the house disappeared while his wife
who was met compound claimed that they
discovered that their well was filled with crude oil.
She admitted that they made attempts to scoop
the oil in a bid to get clean water for domestic
use.