Army Arrests 12 For Oil Theft In Rivers, Nabs Fake Soldier
The 6 Division of the Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt said its men arrested one Desmond Okeh for impersonation, while 12 others were nabbed for their alleged involvement in illegal oil bunkering.
The army said the 12 suspects were arrested by the troops of the Division while siphoning crude oil from the Rumuekpe/Okporowo pipeline near the Okoba community in Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The Garrison Commander, 6 Division, Nigeria Army Headquarters in Port Harcourt, Brigadier General Edi Effiong, disclosed this while parading the suspects before newsmen on Monday.
Effiong, who is also the Commander of Sector 3, Operation Delta Safe Military Joint Taskforce said the suspects would be handed over to the appropriate agency for prosecution.
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Effion stated, “These ones that have been grabbed, first of all, we will profile them. We are not the prosecuting agency. So we will hand them over to the prosecuting agency.
“For oil bunkering activities, it is the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps that is in charge after profiling and getting some information from them. ”
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The Garrison Commander added, “We are here to checkmate the activities of illegal bunkering in the Niger Delta because if we do not checkmate these activities they will affect us and the economy.
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