The Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp, Ahmed Abubakar Audi, has ordered the removal of the Rivers State Commandant of the
Audi also directed that Ogar hand over the affairs of the Command to his Deputy, pending the deployment of a substantive State Commandant.
This followed a constituted high-powered investigation panel led by, Olusola Odumosu, into the circumstances that led to the blockage of the entrance of the Rivers State Command of the agency, by members of Petroleum Tanker Drivers, under the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers on Wednesday.
Audi had recently summoned Niger Delta State Commandants of the NSCDC to Abuja, where he charged them to rejig their anti-vandal units in line with the President’s order to stop oil theft and other criminal activities within the sector.The Commandant General appealed to members of the public and all interested stakeholders to wait for the outcome of the investigation and proposed recommendations.
DAILY POST recalls that on Wednesday, members of PTD NUPENG had barricaded the Rivers State Command of the NSCDC with several tanker trucks, alleging that the agency had sold their petroleum product seized last year August and has also repainted their tanker trucks. A State High Court had ruled in favour of PTD NUPENG, ordering the NSCDC which had seized their petrol and trucks, over allegations of transporting adulterated product.Related Topics:
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