NSCDChas the constitutional mandate to protect critical infrastructure such as oil pipelines, power installations, and other key national assets
Crude oil theft and illegal refineries have become a significant menace in Nigeria, causing massive economic losses and environmental degradation. The illegal activities have resulted in the theft of millions of barrels of crude oil, worth billions of dollars, which could have been used to fund development projects and improve the lives of Nigerians.
The feats as gathered were made through the injection of tangible and intangible assets to the NSCDC by the Commandant General which included: the creation of a massive acquisition of arms for NSCDC operational use and the creation of the Commandant General’s SpecialIntelligence Squad . Again, the Squad apprehended two suspects in one pedler truck loaded with 15,000 litres of suspected illegally refined and adulterated AGO at Northwest round-about, in Abor junction, Calabar, Cross River State., on December 13, 2024.
Just two months ago, the Squad destroyed six of them , with about 500,000 litres of illegally sourced crude oil at Umuajuloke/Umuedeokwara community of Odagwa, Etche lga area of the state , with five suspects arrested and locally fabricated ovens confiscated.In the same month, precisely on March 29, 2024, six suspects were arrested in two different raids in the state and an illegal bunkering site and some locally fabricated ovens were destroyed.
Abia and Imo States came next in the number of arrests of suspects and discovery of illegal refineries by the Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad.
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