In a significant anti-crude oil theft operation, operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have dismantled five illegal oil depots in Abuja’s Jahi and Katampe districts.
NSCDC spokesperson Afolabi Babawale said in a statement that the Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (CG’s SIS) spearheaded the operation and arrested “seven suspects believed to be part of a crude oil theft and distribution ring.”
According to Babawale, the team recovered “one white truck with three compartments fully loaded with 45,000 litres of AGO with an unverifiable waybill seen at the illegal dump.”
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Also “four Mercedes-Benz short peddler trucks, pumping machines, hoses of various dimensions, a Mikano generator, and approximately 23 surface metallic constructed tanks containing suspected AGO.”
He also noted that “a container shelter and several other vehicles” were seized during the operation.
Highlighting the significance of the arrests, Babawale declared, “These arrests by the CG’s SIS show the corps’ unwavering commitment to aggressively combat crude oil theft across the nation,” adding that “the suspects would be prosecuted to serve as a deterrent to other criminals.”
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