Oil theft: NSCDC Discovers Illegal Refining Site with Over 100,000 Litres Crude Oil
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The men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC have apprehended nine individuals involved in oil theft at an illegal refinery located in a forested area on the boundary between Rivers and Abia States.
This spokesperson of the security agent Babawale Afolabi disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja.
He noted that the operation followed an NSCDC discovery of another illegal refining site on Saturday with over 100,000 liters of stolen crude oil in Adobi settlement, Etche Local Government Area, Rivers State.
Afolabi disclosed that the apprehended suspects, aged between 20 and 53 years, were allegedly caught in the act of refining stolen crude oil extracted from a vandalized oil wellhead, adding that the site also housed a local refinery under construction, designed to produce 60,000 liters of crude oil at a time.
“We apprehended nine suspects caught in the act of illegally refining stolen crude extracted from vandalized oil wellhead
“We also discovered an ongoing construction of a local refinery with the capacity to produce 60,000 liters of crude at once”.
“The illegal site featured extensive infrastructure, including large hoses and galvanized metal pipes used to transfer stolen crude oil across various processing channels”.
“The suspects include Oghene Wede (32), Moses James (25), Chidi Nwosu (53), Samuel John (24), Emmanuel Paul (20), Oghenevo Nwebi (43), Martina Whinnypeter (38), Nwabuchi Nwogu (41), and David Okere (20)”.
“Exhibits recovered are RWD 5.0 GFE-6500 power generating set, two yellow color pumping machines, metal and plastic buckets, cutlasses, saw, mats, welding Machine, galvanized metal pipes, different heavy-duty hoses, automotive gas oil illegally processed in cooking ovens,” Afolabi added.
He maintained that interrogation of the suspects was ongoing, and they will be charged to the court upon completion of the investigation.
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