Security operatives foiled an attempted attack on Dangote Refinery, located at the Lekki Free Trade Zone in Lagos state, the police said.
Police spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement on Tuesday, said the attack occurred in the early hours of Monday.
He said that the armed hoodlums were repelled while attempting to cart away already-installed armored cables in the refinery.
The hoodlums, about 20, who gained access to the refinery through the lagoon side, were repelled. On sighting security operatives, they fled the scene.”
Mr Hundeyin said that one of the hoodlums lost his life when he was “hit in the ensuing gunfire and died on the way to the hospital.
“On the directive of the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Abiodun Alabi, security at the refinery has been fortified,” he said.