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| NSCDC Arrested these Men |
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) has arrested suspects conveying 50, 000 liters of suspected adulterated Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) in Anambra.
The suspects are,
Samuel Ifeanyichukwu Oduche, 39, from Ndiagu Amechi Awkunanaw, and Emeka Agu,
35, from Oduma, Aninri, all in Enugu State.
An assertion issued on Monday with the resource of the
usage of Mr. Edwin Okadigbo, Public Relations Officer (PRO), NSCDC Anambra
Command, said the duo had been apprehended with the resource of the usage of
men of the Anti-Vandalism Squad of the Corps on Sept. 24, in Awka.
He delivered that the suspects had been arrested along
the Enugu/Onitsha limited-get admission to toll road even as conveying the
product in a truck with registration number, Benue MKA 806 ZF.
Okadigbo said that preliminary studies indicated that
the suspects have been withinside the illicit oil business employer for some
time.
The PRO said the State Commandant, Mr. Isdore Chikere had ordered the Intelligence and Investigation Department to conduct similar studies on the matter.
He said that at the give up of the studies, the suspects
may be charged to court.
The commandant reiterated the determination of the Corps
to guard the nation`s oil and fuel line investments and distinctive critical
infrastructures.
“The everyday vandalism of pipelines, destruction of oil
and fuelling facilities, and illegal oil bunkering withinside the united states
is of excellent scenario to the Commandant-General of NSCDC, Dr. Ahmed Audi.
“This criminal act is worrisome because of its results
on the economy, damage to public infrastructures, and loss of government large
income withinside the oil sector.
“In view of the above, the CG has tasked us to
reorganize and empower the Anti-Vandalism Squad to decisively cope with the
one's chance which has commenced out yielding the desired results,`` he
delivered.