The Bayelsa State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, said it has recorded appreciable successes in its fight against oil theft and other criminalities in the state during the outgoing year, 2015.
The State Commandant, Desmond Agu, who stated this in Yenagoa, during the end of year press briefing, said its operatives apprehended 40 suspected illegal oil bunkerers, destroyed 106 illegal refineries and recovered rifles in the year under review.
He revealed that the command recovered 10 locally made boats, eight speed boats, one lorry, 10 pumping machines, 20 boat engines and six motorcycles.
Other recovered items, according to the commandant, include one bus, four taxi cabs, four wheelbarrows, 10 hoses, 55,000 litres of Automotive Gas Oil (diesel) and 5,000 litres of Dual Purpose Kerosine also known as paraffin.
Agui, said seven suspects were in court while 16 suspects were remanded in prison custody while four vehicles and boats were forfeited to the government.
The NSCDC boss further noted that the command had an active collaboration with multi-national companies in safeguarding their facilities and pipelines across the state and beyond.
He commended the Federal and Bayelsa State governments, the Commandant-General of NSCDC and the media for their support during the year under review, but however, called on the Federal Government to do more in the areas of provision of more equipment and logistics, which he said were the major challenges facing the command.
Also, the Kaduna State Command said no fewer than 727 jericans filled with Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, and diesel was recovered from the suspects, over attempted vandalism of petroleum products.
Reviewing the activities of the command in the outgoing year at state headquarters, State Commandant of the Corps, Alhaji Modu Bunu, said six vandals were prosecuted, while two suspects are undergoing prosecution in the year 2015.
Bunu added that 21 motorcycles and nine vehicles excluding four tankers have also been impounded.
He said the state did not experience any incident of pipeline vandalism because of certain proactive measures that were taken.
Bunu explained that earlier in the outgoing year, the command embarked on the sensitisation of various communities on the dangers of vandalism in Igabi, Kaduna North, Kaduna South, Chikun and Kachia Local Government Areas, noting that the affected communities were chosen in view of prevalent incidence.
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