Three oil thieves suspects have been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Delta Command.
The suspects were arrested with about 16,000 litres of Automotive Gas oil, also known as diesel.
According to The PUNCH, the NSCDC Commandant in Delta, Mr Jimoh Suleiman.
said the suspects were apprehended on Sunday within the neighbourhood of the Madagho community in Warri South-West Local Government Area of the state following intense surveillance.
According to him, the Corps operatives had been on the trail of the suspects in the past three days before they were eventually arrested.
The NSCDC boss expressed concern that the suspects might have tampered with pipelines saying “It is obvious that the product was vandalised somewhere”.
He said, “We are not relenting and we will not relent; we are not sleeping and we will not sleep.
“Others who are having the plan to sabotage the economy should move away from Delta because we are out for them”.
He further said, “I am here to parade the three suspects we arrested on April 21, 2024, at about 0236 hours at Shell Escravos area around Madagho village settlement.
“My boys have been out for more than three days on the trail of the suspects before we were fortunate to arrest them on Sunday.
“They were apprehended alongside nine GP tanks with four of the tanks loaded with products, two pumping machines, a generator and a counting machine.”
