The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps announced the dismantling of a bunkering site in Ukwa East Local Government Area of Abia State.
According to a statement by NSCDC spokesperson Babawale Afolabi on Wednesday, operatives also seized 9,000 litres of automotive gas from oil thieves in the state.
Afolabi stated that the operations were carried out by the Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad as part of a renewed crackdown on economic saboteurs.
The NSCDC team destroyed the illegal bunkering site, including a large local boat used for transporting locally refined petroleum products, and a loading point.
Afolabi explained that the squad acted on credible intelligence regarding oil bunkering activities at Inhandu/Ikwariator Riverside in Ukwa East Local Government Area, where uninterrupted loading and transportation of AGO concealed in cellophane bags were ongoing.
“In its determination to salvage the nation from economic saboteurs, the Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad has dismantled an illegal oil bunkering site, a large local Pour-put Boat for conveying locally refined petroleum products, a loading point and Automotive Gas Oil amounting to 9000 litres at Inhandu Community of Ukwa East Local Government Area in Abia State.
“While touring across the site, some bags of AGO were also packed in an uncompleted building while some were loaded inside three different vehicles ready for supply.
“Some of the exhibits recovered at the crime scene are two fibre boats with 40HP Yamaha rngines, two empty J5 buses and one Sequoia Jeep about to be loaded, two large wooden boats still under construction and some quantities of AGO concealed in cellophane bags,” the spokesperson said.
