Saturday, May 18, 2024 - The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has dismantled an illegal refinery with more than 100,000 liters of crude oil in Adobi Settlement, Etche Local Government Area in Rivers.
A statement by NSCDC spokesperson, Babawale
Afolabi on Saturday in Abuja, indicated that the site was uncovered by the
Commandant-General’s Special Intelligence Squad (CGsSIS).
It quoted the commander of the special
squad, Mr Dandaura Appolos, as attributing the success of the operation to
credible intelligence reports.
Apollos further said that the intelligence
had indicated that some suspects had vandalised a multinational company’s well
head.
“We value and protect our informants and the
information received is always treated with caution, confidentiality and prompt
alertness,” Apollos said, while thanking the informants.
He also explained that on getting to the
site, it was discovered that the suspects had connected galvanised metal pipes
with large hoses and had syphoned crude oil for local processing.
“As soon as we arrived the scene, the
suspects took to their heels but we were able to arrest one 32 years old
Godspower Oyibo, male, from Delta.
“He is currently assisting us with further
investigation and shall be charged to court after interrogation.
“Exhibits impounded from the site include
one yellow robin EY 20 pumping machine, galvanised metal pipes, long large
hoses, already vandalised well heads, and stolen crude worth 100,000 litres
stored in reservoirs.
“Others are calibrated surface tanks,
processed AGO in cooking pots and metal buckets,” he said.
Meanwhile, the corps’ spokesperson has
assured the public that the NSCDC would sustain its war against vandalism and
crude oil theft across the nation.
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