The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Rivers State Command has paraded 26 suspects said to be involved in the diversion of stolen petroleum products.
Other suspects paraded on Tuesday were said to be involved in the theft of transformers and other electrical facilities in Port Harcourt .
State Commandant of NSCDC, Muktahar Lawal, who paraded the suspects said
the command on January 30 arrested three suspects and impounded an open-body pick-up van conveying illegally refined AGO stacked in about 110 cellophane bags at Elele in Ikwere LGA of River State.
According to him, on February 5, 10 suspects were arrested with an open-body-long truck conveying unquantifiable amount of suspected petroleum products at Igbo Etche in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State.
“On 5th February 2020 at about 0245hrs, an open body long truck conveying unquantifiable amount of suspected petroleum product and three suspects were arrested at Igbo-Etche, Etche LGA.
“On 7th February, at about 0024hrs an enclosed long truck loaded with suspected vandalized Power Holding facilities was intercepted along D-Line GRA, Port Harcourt City LGA and 10 suspects were arrested with the following; 13 drums of suspected Transformer Oil, five suspected Step down Transformers, one 200KVA transformer, 2 rolls of suspected transformer cables, two bags containing suspected bolts and 48 suspected Fiber Larders used for vandalism,”.
The NSCDC boss said that the arrested suspects would be charged to court at the close of investigation.
