e of his gang members in the state.
Evans, in
one of his numerous confessional statements, named Suoyo as one of the active
members of his gang, who had the assignment of buying arms and ammunition for
their operations.
He said:
“When Suoyo, who lives in Bayels State, called me and expressed fears, I also
assured him that nothing was going to happen. I told him I was making plans for
another operation and needed him to go into the creeks and buy a new set of
arms and ammunition”.
But security
commanders in Bayelsa were said to have met over the weekend to analyse Evan’s
confessional statement to unmask the real identity of Suoyo.
In the
meeting which held in Government House in the presence of Governor Seriake
Dickson, the security commanders were said to be certain that that the Suoyo
mentioned by Evans was the same person recently arrested by the operatives of
the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the state.
Suoyo Dickson was arrested and paraded on Thursday
by the state Commandant of NSCDC, Mr. Desmond Agu, in connection with the
recent attack on a pipeline belonging to the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC).
Suoyo,
popularly known as Hustler, reportedly led a gang of vandals that attacked the
Agip pipeline at Lagosgbene, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state
on May 30, 2017.
He was,
however, arrested on June 16, 2017 at Agbigiba community in Southern Ijaw.
Suoyo, in
his confessional statement, also admitted having some criminal camps in the
creeks saying he led an oil and gas task force operating in Southern Ijaw to
destroy the camps but became frustrated when the task force failed to reward
him.
On how he
attacked the pipeline, Evans said;: ”I used two handsaw blades and handsaw to
open up the point, I cut the handle in the valve, I fetched 20 litres of
petrol, I lit spark lighter and threw it into the pipe and burnt it.”
”I burnt the
pipeline because the task force did not
keep to their promise of employing us after making us to show them our
bunkering camps and the subsequent destruction by the military.
”We showed
them our camps, eight of them. All the camps did not belong to me. Three were
mine while other groups have five. After showing them, the task force engaged
the military to destroy our camps.
”The other
groups, whose camps were destroyed were not happy with me. They said I betrayed
them and they started planning to kill me and my family members. The situation
put me under pressure more so the employment they promised all of us after
seven days did not materialize”.
It was
gathered that Agu, after parading the suspect, handed him over to the Joint
Task Force, Operation Delta Safe (ODS) for further investigations.
A security
source, who spoke in confidence, said at the meeting of the security commanders
in Yenagoa, which was attended by the heads of ODS, the police and NSCDC, it
was agreed that Suoyo should be subjected to further investigations.
Following
Evans’ confession, the security heads were said to be linking him to the theft
of service rifles of security operatives especially policemen in the state.
They
recalled many attacks on operatives by criminals, who only fled with arms and
ammunition handled by their victims.
“The
security heads also agreed to compile a list of such stolen arms and ammunition
in the state and send it to the Force Headquarters to know whether they were
among the ones recovered from Evans.
“The Suoyo
mentioned by Evans seems in all ramifications to be the same suspected arrested
by the NSCDC recently in connection with attack on a pipeline. The security
heads in the state believe so and they will surely carry out further
investigations to determine his linkage with the Evans’ gang.”
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