Nigeria: Arepo, the Police and the Outline of an Outlaw Economy

22 January 2013

IN the News page of Vanguard, Monday, January 14, 2013 one finds these captions- "There is no security at Arepo"- Amosun; 3 more bodies recovered; pipeline vandalization, a big business- DPR". All of these captions are perspectives on Arepo as a structure of anarchy.

The Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun observed the opportunities created by anarchy for entrepreneurs of disorder. He accused officials of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC of conniving with vandals to wreak havoc on the country's economy through pipeline vandalism".

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