Operatives
of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps on Friday destroyed over 700
drums of illegally refined automotive gas oil popularly known as diesel.
The
men of the NSCDC, Rivers State Command, had after being tipped off, stormed an
illegal warehouse used in storing refined AGO in large quantities in Ogbogoro
community, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area.
One
suspect identified as Callistus was arrested by security operatives, who combed
every part of the warehouse to unearth the locations of stolen oil.
Some
of the illegally refined products were also hidden in makeshift stores close to
the warehouse where a huge number of drums filled with fuel were discovered by
the NSCDC’s operatives.
Southern
City News observed a police post near the fuel dump, even as the operatives
wondered why the policemen manning a firm close to the place did not arrest the
oil thieves inside the warehouse.
Close
to the illicit warehouse is a firm suspected to be involved in illicit
dredging.
But
the Branch Manager of the dredging company, Mr. Samuel Okorie, said he had no
business reporting the illegal storage of fuel in the warehouse to security
agencies.
Okorie,
who was taken away by NSCDC operatives, said, “My business here is just
dredging. So, I don’t look into any other thing. I see them (the oil
bunkerers), but it is not my concern because I only pay for this space I am
occupying and I don’t pay for that place they are using.
“I
just mind my business because I don’t want to die. I have license as a dredger
because that is my job. I am surprised to see the Civil Defence today.
“My
interest here is to dredge my sand and not to monitor any bunkering activity. I
come here every day to do my business without fear because clear conscience
fears no accusation. I cannot begin to run about for something I don’t know
anything about.”
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