NSCDC DESTROYS 250 ILLEGAL REFINERIES, CONVICTS 40 VANDALS

Benjamin Omoike

Abuja, July 16, 2016 – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) said it has destroyed over 250 illegal refineries and made over 118 arrests in the last one year.

This piece of information is contained in a statement signed by the Corps spokesperson, Emmanuel Okeh in Abuja. The statement quoted the Commandant General of the NSCDC, Abdullahi Gana as disclosing this in his office.

He said over 40 suspects had also been convicted since he assumed duty in July 2015. Gana said that the pro-activeness of the Corps Anti-Vandal squad in the Niger-Delta area and other oil communities in clamping on the illegal activities of the suspects brought about the feat based on intelligence report.

The NSCDC boss said the Corps has been partnering with NNPC in ensuring adequate distribution of petroleum products to all filling stations across the country as well as checkmating the activities of unscrupulous marketers.
He said that the establishment of the Command and Control Centre had assisted the Corps in monitoring all the pipelines in Niger Delta.

He stressed that the Command and Control Centre operates 24 hours for the purpose of surveillance of the pipelines in order to clamp down on vandals. Gana said that the introduction of the Centre led to the establishment of Nigeria Security Energy Command (NISEC) for training of its personnel.