Four
men in possession of what is suspected to be adulterated diesel have
been arrested by the officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence
Corps in Osun State.
While Agboola Abiodun and Oyedeji
Abiodun were arrested in Omo-West area of Osogbo, the duo of Tolawo
Kehinde and Kareem Taju, were nabbed in Ile-Ife.
A statement by the Public Relations
Officer of the state command, Mr Ayodele Olowo, on Thursday said Agboola
and Oyedeji were picked up while siphoning adulterated
diesel into a truck with registration number Lagos XW 321 EKY, adding that the suspects had mixed diesel with kerosene.
“Twenty-eight kegs containing 1, 000
liters of kerosene, 12 kegs containing 300 litres of adulterated diesel,
two pumping machines and a long hose were recovered from the scene of
the crime,” the statement said.
Tolawo and Kareem were, however arrested
at Oduduwa University junction in Ile-Ife with a truck bearing 10, 000
litres of petroleum products suspected to be adulterated diesel.
NSCDC said, “The suspects, who were driving a truck with registration number XD 464
MAP, claimed to have loaded the petroleum product from a private depot in Lagos.
“They were suspected to have diverted
the suspected adulterated product from Ibadan and were heading for Akure
before nemesis caught up with them.”
The statement said they would be charged
with improper documentation, diversion of petroleum product and
trafficking in adulterated product.
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