NSCDC arrests eight suspected oil thieves in Akwa Ibom
.........NSCDC Arrested eight suspected oil thieves and impounded seven trucks containing 315, 000 litres of suspected adulterated Automotive Gas Oil in Akwa Ibom State
File photo: NSCDC officials
This was disclosed by the NSCDC Commandant in the state, Mr
Suleman Mafara, while briefing newsmen at the command’s exhibits yard in Uyo on
Monday.
Mafara said the suspects were arrested based on intelligence and
surveillance by operatives of the Anti-Vandals unit of the command on July 7
along the Calabar-Itu highway, barely 24 hours after his assumption of duty in
the state.
While stressing that the activities of vandals and criminals
were economic sabotage, Marafa assured that the command would not relent on its
mandate of protecting government critical assets and infrastructure from
vandalism.
“Today, being Monday 18 July 2022, the Nigeria
Security and Civil Defence Corps, Akwa Ibom Command is parading eight suspects
arrested in possession of AGO obtained through illegal means.
“A total of seven trucks were impounded carrying 315, 000 litres
of adulterated petroleum products (AGO) which have been possessed illegally
through bunkering and falsification of documents and waybills.
“They were arrested along Calabar - Itu highway moving to various
parts of the country. We have commenced our investigations and we have almost
completed them.
“As soon as we finish our investigation, we are charging them to
Court. I want to make it loud and clear to all Nigerians that the NSCDC under
the leadership of our Commandant General, Dr Ahmed Audi, and the Corps will not
backdown in tackling all forms of criminal activities in the country.
“I want to use this medium to appeal to all well-meaning
Nigerians to support NSCDC for the betterment of the Nigerian society,” Mafara
said.
The commandant assured Akwa Ibom people that the Command would
make the state uncomfortable for criminal elements.
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