The NSCDC says its special squad discovered the illegal connections following an intelligence report.
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The NSCDC spokesperson, Babawale Afolabi, in a statement on Monday, disclosed that the sites were located at Odagwa-Owaza Riverside boundaries of Rivers and Abia states while the other was at Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State. “And another site at Odagwa in Etche area of Rivers State where vandals tampered with valves of the manifold and siphoned crude at Imo River 2, oil and gas flow station operated by the Nigerian Petroleum Development Commission .
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