Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Pulo Shield, Sector 3 of the 13 Brigade
Nigerian Army, on Wednesday destroyed 10,000 drums used for lifting illegal
diesel product in Cross River.
Capt. James Joseph, the Public Relations Officer of the 13 Brigade Nigerian
Army told newsmen in Calabar, that five people were arrested including a serving
Assistant Superintendent of Police.
The drums containing the illegal diesel was destroyed at
Nigerian Army burning site at Ikang in Bakassi Local Government Area of the
state.
He said that the JTF arrested the illegal `bunkerers' at Mesembe Avenue at
Anatigha in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River through an
intelligent report.
Joseph said that the oil thieves were arrested on Christmas eve at 7 p.m,
noting that the area was one of the hideout in Calabar South.
"We got an intelligent reports about this hideout, you can see in their
hideaway, there are over 10,000 drums of diesel products and when we came, we
raided the place,’’ he said.
He said that Nigerian Army was determined to curb the activities of oil theft
in Cross River in particular and Nigeria in general.
The oil thieves dredged carnal in Calabar South to enable
their boats convey the illegal diesel through water channel.
"Our soldiers have been combing Calabar South to make sure that illegal
bunkering does not make headway in Cross River,’’ Joseph said.
Joseph said that Nigerian Army was working in collaboration with the Nigeria
Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), to check the activities of oil
thieves in the state.
He advised the perpetrators of the act to desist from the illegal bunkering
or the long arm of the law would catch up with them.
The Army spokesperson said that the six people arrested had been handed over
to Civil Defence for further investigations.
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