Uncovers New Illegal Refining Sites In Rivers, Arrest Suspects

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has confirmed the arrest of nine individuals suspected of engaging in oil theft in Rivers State.The NSCDC Public Relations Officer (PRO), Babawale Afolabi, announced this in a press release issued on Monday in Abuja.The release stated that the individuals were caught at an unauthorized refinery located in a forest area on the border between Rivers and Abia states.Afolabi said: “We apprehended nine suspects caught in the act of illegally refining stolen crude extracted from a vandalised oil wellhead.[ DOWNLOAD OFFICIAL NAIRALAND APP LIVE NOW.. WORKING SMOOTHLY AND EFFECTIVELY!! LINK ON MY PROFILE - DOWN THERE IN MY SIGNATURE. THANKS 🙏 HAPPY USING THE APP!!]“We also discovered an ongoing construction of a local refinery with the capacity to produce 60,000 litres of crude at once.“Visibly at the massive illegal bunkering, we noticed large hoses and galvanised metal pipes laid to transfer stolen crude across the processing channels.”He revealed the identities of the suspects arrested as Oghene Wede (M), 32 years old; Moses James (M), 25 years old; Chidi Nwosu (M), 53 years old; and Samuel John (M), 24 years old.