A Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) truck driver, Afeez Adegbola, has been arrested by the Osun Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested for allegedly diverting 10,000 litres of petrol belonging to the company.
Igbalawole Sotiyo, the state commandant of the corps, disclosed this while parading the suspect and his two motor boys on Saturday in Osogbo.
Mr Sotiyo explained that the suspects were arrested on Friday at about 8:21 p.m. with the NNPCL truck.
The commandant said the suspect loaded 40,000 litres of petrol at Pinnacle Distribution Depot in Eleko, Lagos State.
He said the waybill indicated that the product was meant to be delivered at NNPCL Mega station in Osogbo.
Mr Sotiyo said that following a tip-off, command officers trailed the truck with registration number AGG 959 XA and discovered that only 30,000 litres of fuel were delivered at the NNPCL filling station.
He said the driver was arrested while discharging the remaining 10,000 litres at the TEMPOLA filling station in Ikirun, Ifelodun Local Government area.
The corps commandant said the suspects had made a confessional statement that the whole content of 40,000 litres was meant for the NNPCL mega station in Osogbo but was directed by his company to deliver only 30,000, while the remaining 10,000 should be taken to a private filling station in Ikirun.
Mr Sotiyo described the act as an economic sabotage and stealing.
“It is an act of sabotage and stealing against the state. They are saboteurs and anti-state.
“NSCDC is using this medium to warn all the stakeholders involved in the distribution of petroleum products nationwide that anyone caught sabotaging the government would be apprehended and prosecuted.
“NSCDC uses this medium to request NNPCL managers/supervisors nationwide to work with the NSCDC to ensure saboteurs are brought to justice,” he said.
Mr Sotiyo, who assumed duty as the new commandant in the state, said, “I assure you that at the expiration of our investigations, the suspects will be charged to a court.” NAN
