Crime

Delta State NSCDC Seizes 40Ft Truck, Several Bags of AGO

By Web News 690

The Delta State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps NSCDC, says its Anti-Vandal unit has arrested a forty-foot truck conveying what is suspected to be adulterated petroleum product.

It notes that the unit discovered several polythene bags containing twenty-five litres of content suspected to be adulterated Automotive Gas Oil, AGO, also called diesel.

This was contained in a press release issued in Asaba, which was signed by the NSCDC Public Relations Officer in the state, DSC Emeka Okwechime.

According to the statement, two suspects Kabiru Bulama and Alli Mohammed, who were arrested in connection with the crime confessed that the illegally refined products were supplied from Rivers State.

The report also announced the raiding and destruction of illegal petroleum refining depots at Ubeji and Jedi axis in Warri South, where a two hundred horsepower engine and pumping machines were seized along with other exhibits.

The statement adds that three other suspects were also apprehended for illegal dealing in adulterated automotive gas oil in the Sapele and Warri areas of the state.

Oghenero Eghweree

Lifestyle

CVR: Delta NSCDC Commandant Charges Residents On Their Civic Duty

By Web News 1142

Delta State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, Mr. Iskilu Akinsanya, has restated the readiness of the NSCDC to partner with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the ongoing nationwide continuous voter registration exercise.

This was contained in a statement signed by the Command Public Relations Officer, DSC Emeka Okwechime, in Asaba, the state capital.

Commandant Akinsanya advised residents who have attained the age of eighteen, and those without a permanent voter card to participate in the voter registration exercise to avoid late hour rush.

The statement noted the initiative was part of the corporate social responsibility of the force geared towards mobilizing the populace for the significant exercise.

Commandant Iskilu Akinsanya also stressed that the NSCDC is a people-friendly security outfit and urged the public to feel free to visit any of its stations with verifiable information that could lead to the arrest of criminal elements in the state.

Oghenero Eghweree