NSCDC intercept 36,000 litres adulterated diesel laden tanker in Anambra

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps has successfully intercept a tanker laden with about 36,000 litres of adulterated diesel in Anambra.

According to the Anambra command’s spokesman, a Deputy Superintendent of the Corps, Edwin Okadigbo, the tanker’s driver, Abdulraman Ahmed, 37, had also been arrested.

Okadigbo disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. He said Ahmed was arrested at Ihiala in Ihiala Local Government Area of the state on December 7.

He added that the NSCDC had received an intelligence report regarding activities of a syndicate involved in the distribution of adulterated diesel and swiftly moved against it, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.

He stated also that the Commandant of the NSCDC in Anambra, Mr Chimezie Obiyo, had reiterated his directive to the corps’ anti-vandalism team to flush out vandals and those transporting petroleum products illegally.

He added that the Commandant had also directed that Ahmed be taken to the Command’s Investigation and Intelligence Department for investigation.