The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) said it has destroyed over 250 illegal refineries and made over 118 arrest in the last one year.
This is contained in a statement signed by the Corps spokesperson, Emmanuel Okeh on Friday in Abuja.
The statement quoted the Commandant General of the NSCDC, Abdullahi Gana has disclosing this in his office.
He said over 40 suspects had also been convicted since he assumed duty in July 2015.
Gana
said that the pro-activeness of the Corps Anti-Vandal squad in the
Niger-Delta area and other oil communities in clamping on the illegal
activities of the suspects brought about the feat based on intelligence
report.
The NSCDC boss said the Corps has been
partnering with NNPC in ensuring adequate distribution of petroleum
products to all filling stations across the country as well as
checkmating the activities of unscrupulous marketers.
He said that the establishment of the Command and
Control Centre had assisted the Corps in monitoring all the pipelines in
Niger Delta.
He stressed that the Command and
Control Centre operates 24 hours for the purpose of surveillance of the
pipelines in order to clamp down on vandals.
Gana
said that the introduction of the Centre led to the establishment of
Nigeria Security Energy Command (NISEC) for training of its personnel
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