Police arrest 5 civil defence corps members siphoning fuel

KWARA State police command has arrested five members of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the state for allegedly siphoning petroleum products from a leaking NNPC pipeline.
The NSCDC officials were nabbed at about 10:00p.m. on Wednesday at Asa Dam area of Ilorin metropolis.
Saturday Tribune gathered that two of the civil defence corps officlals were drafted to the site of the leaking NNPC pipeline to ensure security, but three of their colleagues joined them to carry already siphoned fuel loaded in jerry cans.
Speaking with journalists in Ilorin on Friday, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Femi Fabode, confirmed the theft, adding that the agency had been informed on the arrest of the members of the corps.
He also said that investigations had commenced on the matter.
“Around 10.00 p.m. on Wednesday, our men on their routine patrol duty got information that some people were siphoning fuel from an NNPC pipeline leakage along Asa Dam area.
“On getting there, they met some civil defence officers who were siphoning fuel with a lot of jerry cans inside a private vehicle that they took for that purpose.
Speaking on the development, the Kwara state Commandant of NSCDC, Mr. Yerima Gana, said, “I am not aware”.
“Presently, they are still undergoing investigation at the state headquarters.
“What really happened was that NNPC discovered there was a leakage and they employed them to guard the place but the people employed to be guarding the place were the ones siphoning the fuel. They were just two before, but three others joined them with their vehicles to enable them carry whatever they must have siphoned from that place.
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