Rivers NSCDC Intercepts Eight Trucks

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Rivers State Command says it has intercepted and impounded eight trucks conveying suspected illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) along Mbiama, border between Bayelsa and Delta State.
The trucks were said to have been intercepted while the eight suspects were on transit out of Rivers State.
In a press statement signed by the Rivers State Command, PRO, DSC Ayodele Olufemi. The statement said, “In a preliminary investigation report it was gathered that the suspects presented fake documents and beat several security check points until they were apprehended by the Antivandal Squad of the NSCDC Rivers State Command, it stated”
Earlier in a press briefing held at the Command’s Headquarters, the State Commandant, Abu Abdu Tambuwal, intimated newsmen that the arrest was made possible following a tip off as the Intelligence Team and the Antivandal Squad of the Command had been on trail to arrest the suspects for more than weeks.
He disclosed that security intelligence further revealed that some unscrupulous economic saboteurs were using the Court Auction Order which had already been executed to perpetrate these nefarious dealings. “ The Command in her renewed vigour to eradicate the menace of illegal dealings in petroleum products in the State made tactical moves by deploying the Intelligence team and the Antivandal Squad which swung into action having trailed the suspects for weeks; credible intelligence revealed that the suspects were allegedly using an already executed Court Auction Order to move trucks loaded with illegally refined AGO out of Rivers State to different locations in the country. Let me use this medium to reiterate our unrelenting commitment to the fight against oil theft, oil bunkering and all acts of illegal dealings in petroleum products in the State.”
“The eagle eye of the command is across the 23 local government areas and we will not leave any stone unturned, there is a new Sheriff in town and it will never be business as usual,” Tambuwal said.
The state commandant averred that the command had taken delivery of the gun boat donated to it by the Rivers State Government, under the amiable leadership of His Excellency, Governor Nyesom Wike.
He added that the NSCDC Commandant General, Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi, in his determination to strengthen the capacity and effective response to emergencies and disaster management, had allotted a new ambulance to the command which would be positioned at the Port Harcourt International Airport for effective usage during emergencies.

By: Akujobi Amadi