The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Lagos State Command has handed over 67,400 litres of petroleum product to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The state NSCDC Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mefor Chibuzo, said the product was handed over to NNPC after it was tested by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR).
The product was recovered from oil vandals in different locations within Lagos State in the past four months. “At least 1,442 kegs of 25 litres each of petroleum products were intercepted along the Badagry axis. And 204 kegs of 50 litres each were intercepted within Ikorodu-Ikeja axis, while 81 drums of 250 litres each of fuel were intercepted by the Nigerian Navy at Apapa and transferred to NSCDC Lagos Command,” Chibuzo said.
He added that the product was loaded from creeks in Ikorodu, Apapa and Festac areas of Lagos State for onward movement to neighbouring countries of Republic of Benin and Togo. The state NSCDC Commandant, Gabriel Abafi, handed over product. He said: “These operations were possible due to intelligence information gathered by undercover agents and other good-spirited Nigerians. I appeal to Lagosians to always provide the corps with useful information on illegal activities around their environment.” The commandant promised that there would be zero tolerance of any form of criminality in Lagos.
He also stressed that there was need for collaboration among other security agencies in ensuring that lives and property of the citizenry of Lagos were safe. According Abafi, NSCDC has taken cognizance of the way tanker and trailer drivers were causing a lot of discomfort to road users in the state. He made references to the Iyana-Ipaja and Ojuelegba accidents. Abafi, however, assured Lagosians that NSCDC would join hands with other sister agencies to prevent the occurrence of such ugly incidents in the nearest.
