Lagosians beware! Aviation fuel on sale as petrol, kerosene

Ajao estate in Lagos can be described as one of the highbrow areas on the mainland, owing to its strategic location and nearness to the International airport. The relax ambience of most hotels in the area as well as the gigantic buildings is also another feature that gives the area its popularity among other areas around Isolo and its environs.

However, the area can be said to be sitting on a keg of gun powder ready to explode, except necessary actions are taken. This is owing to activities of pipeline vandals at Richfield community in the estate, where pipeline which supplies Jet A1 aviation fuel to the international and local airports pass through. By the way, Jet fuel is a type of aviation fuel designed for use in aircraft and it is powered by gas-turbine engines. It is colorless to straw-colored in appearance. Jet A1 fuel which is produced to a standardized international specification, is the most commonly used for commercial aviation. However,investigation by Vanguard revealed that the siphoned product was then sold to unsuspecting Lagosians as fuel for their vehicles and kerosine for stoves.

It is difficult to differentiate the product from premium motor spirit, otherwise known as petrol used for car because of its colourless appearance. Activities of these vandals increased this yuletide season following the perennial fuel scarcity . Vanguard gathered that during this period, trucks were usually brought into the community at night, where it was loaded inside jerricans, for onward sale within and outside the area, including the south west region of the country. Police swoop on the vandals Acting on a tip off, teams of policemen led by the Area Commander ‘D’ Mushin, Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP, Olasoji, accompanied by the Divisional Police Officer in-charge of Ajao estate division, Mr Abdul Adejoh and the Area ‘D ‘command’s Duty Officer, Superintendent of Police, SP, Timothy Falowo, a swooped on the vandals while they were siphoning the product from a broken pipe.

On sighting the policemen, they took to their heels abandoning some jerricans filled with the siphoned product. They also left the leaking portion of the pipe open in their confused state.
























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