The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps,(NSCDC) in Rivers State has arrested five suspected oil thieves for dealing in illegally refined petroleum products.
Parading the suspects, four vehicles and two trucks before newsmen at the NSCDC State Headquarters in Port Harcourt on Monday, December 20, 2022, the corps commandant in the state, Michael Besong Ogar, affirmed that there is no room for illegal oil bunkering activities in Rivers State as perpetrators would be smoked out of their hideouts.
Recall that upon the reconstitution of a new Antivandal Team there has been remarkable successes in the relentless war against vandalism of oil pipelines and illegal dealings in petroleum products as revealed through massive arrests and subsequent prosecution of cases in the court of competent jurisdiction.
Ogar noted that the Commandant General, Ahmed Abubakar Audi, has promised that in a short while there would be a drastic reduction and possible eradication of illegal…
Source: Linda Ikeji
