The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has discovered two illegal bunkering sites in Rivers State. A statement by the NSCDC spokesperson, Babawale Afolabi on Monday, disclosed that the sites were located at Odagwa-Owaza riverside boundaries of Rivers and Abia while the other was at Etche local government area of Rivers State.
Afolabi said that the Commandant-General’s Special Intelligence Squad discovered the illegal connections following an intelligence report. “The illegal connections were made to siphon oil from well heads, using very huge hoses laid and buried underground in a thick forest at Odagwa/Owaza Rivers ide boundaries of Rivers and Abia.
According to him, some of the exhibits recovered were one new yellow colour Robin EY 20 Pumping machine, blue colour heavy-duty hoses, over 5,000 litres of locally refined petroleum products in cellophane bags and reservoir. Also recovered were about 10,000 litres of kerosene stored in a cooking oven, two shovels and spades, buckets, and four flash headlights.
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