The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 said it had arrested six persons for alleged involvement in illegal crude oil refining.
The commandant of NSCDC Lagos, Mr Ayinla Adeyinka, confirmed.
Adeyinka was reacting to a fire outbreak at an illegal crude oil refining depot at Oregun, Ikeja Local Development Council, on Tuesday.
According to the commandant, the officials cited a fiery furnace at Oregun at 2 pm on July 14, and the command activated its disaster team with no fewer than 10 officials from it Emergency Response Unit deployed to the scene.
He stated that the suspects were arrested at the scene while some of the containers being used in the illegal act and sale of their product were confiscated.
“NSCDC Lagos will still conduct indept investigations on the state of the crude oil to get the members of the criminal gang,” the commandant said.
The Commandant of NSCDC urged Lagos residends with knowledge of such criminal activities to report to the corps and warned residents on dangers of not reporting the activists of such hoodlum on time.
The leader of Lagos NSCDC response crew to the scene, Mr Olajide Elijah, also confirmed to that the team intercepted over 18,000 liters of oil products in numerous containers awaiting to be sold.
One of the six suspects arrested, Alaba Solanke, 25, from Ogun State confessed that he was a diesel distributor for one Ngozi Chioma, a female, who is now at large.
Solanke, however, claimed that Chioma normally got her diesel from the depot of an independent petroleum marketer in the area.
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