NSCDC arrests 8 for alleged oil theft in Lagos
No fewer than eight persons have been nabbed by the operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, while transporting suspected stolen petroleum products in Ajah Beach in Lagos State on Tuesday.
It was gathered that the suspects were said to have been arrested during a routine patrol of the Anti-vandal unit of the agency’s state command.
DSC Abolurin Oluwaseun, the command Public Relations Officer, while speaking through a statement made available to newsmen Thursday, said the product was suspected to be an adulterated diesel.
The statement partly read, “The operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Lagos State Command, have apprehended eight suspected oil thieves caught transporting petroleum products suspected of adulterated diesel in Ajah, Lagos.
“The suspected oil thieves were apprehended, around Ajah Beach, during a routine patrol of the Anti-vandal unit of the Command, on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. The suspects were found transporting a boat carrying 13 industrial tanks loaded, with about a thousand litres each of diesel and 50 drums of 200 litres size filled with diesel claimed, to be moving towards ‘Igbo Elejo from Lekki Free Trade Zone,’ on behalf of one Mr Pius ( currently at large).”
“The eight suspected oil thieves include; Joshua Zira Lukas ‘M’ 40yrs, Gbenga Ifanaje ‘M’ 49yrs, Omodoru Fayowole ‘M’ 57yrs, Timilehin Ajonike ‘M’ 40yrs, Ogunfuyi Smart Kolawole ‘M’ 29yrs, Ademibo Omomowo ‘M’ 35yrs, Ayo Agidi Ogun ‘M’ 47yrs, Ijitola Ilemobayo ‘M’ 40yrs.”
On his part, Usman Ishaq Alfadarai, the State Commandant, while speaking, the State Commandant, ordered the Intelligence and Investigation Department of the command to begin a further investigation into the matter, adding that the suspects will be charged after the investigation.
