NSCDC Intercepts Truck Loaded With Stolen Crude Oil In P/Harcourt

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (CG’S SIS), in a swift response to an Intelligence tip-off has impounded a long Caravan Truck with an in-built tank fully loaded with stolen crude oil around Eleme flyover in Elelewon, Port Harcourt.

A statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Corps Babawale Afolabi says the Squad acted on the Commandant General’s marching order to forestall incidents of pipeline vandalism, crude oil theft and illegal dealings in petroleum products in the Niger Delta.

The statement says the CG’S Special Intelligence Squad Boss Commandant Appolos Dandaura deployed his men swiftly to the crime scene and upon arrival impounded a red head navy blue colour container truck with Registration number AGL574XY which was fully loaded with siphoned stolen crude oil illegally drawn from vandalised well-heads and destroyed installed pipelines.

Commandant Dandaura relayed that the conveyers of the Truck took to their heels as the operatives approached the scene of the crime.

He noted that the exhibits are already confiscated as efforts are ongoing to track down the syndicate.

“For the records, the exhibits recovered at the point of arrest are: A red head and navy blue colour container with 10 tyres (Reg.no AGL564-XL), an estimated content of about 70,000 litres of stolen crude.

“Hence at expiration of a thorough investigation, the NSCDC would file for forfeiture of the mode of conveyance and the contents at a court of competent jurisdiction thereafter, the proceeds would be remitted to the proceeds of crime account (POCA)”.

The CG’S SIS Commander further expressed the commitment of the Squad to keep waging relentless war against oil thieves and their sponsors as he affirmed that suspects arrested would be brought to book after diligent investigation.

PR/Nkiru Njemanze