Oil Theft: NSCDC Arrests Five in Imo
Operatives of the Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (CG’s SIS) of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested five suspects in connection with oil theft in Imo State.
The Corps said its men intercepted and arrested the suspects while conveying large quantities of suspected illegally refined and adulterated AGO, at Obah Agwa Autonomous Community, Oguta Ohaji LGA of Imo state.
The suspects were in four saloon cars containing large quantities of suspected illegally refined AGO, tied in twin cellophane bags and inserted in sacks, said the Public Relations Officer of the Corps, Babawale Afolabi.
Afolabi explained in a statement that preliminary investigation revealed that they usually buy the suspected illegally refined AGO at the Abacheke Axis of Ohaji/Egbema LGA of Imo State before being loaded into salon cars for onward transportation and distribution to Onitsha, Anambra and its environs.
He gave their names as
- David Thankgod Orokpo,
- Alex Okafor Chigozie,
- Ngwoli Kingsley,
- Johnson Essien Unyime, and
- David Gregory Akombo.
Afolabi said: “The exhibit recovered includes; One Black Toyota Camry, with registration number Ebonyi AKL-552AE, filled with about 600 litres of suspected adulterated AGO.
“One Ash Toyota Camry with registration number Benue BGT-564AA, filled with about 1,250 litres of suspected adulterated AGO.
“One Sky-blue Toyota Avalon with registration number Lagos APP-150CJ, filled with about 600 litres of suspected adulterated AGO, One Moniepoint POS machine.
“One Black Toyota Avalon with registration number Rivers SKN-291DC filled with about 1,400 litres of suspected adulterated AGO, #222,500 cash and#15,000 cash.”
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Source: The Nation
