A destroyed refinery By Favour Ifeoluwa & Akinola Ajibade The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited( NNPCL) says it has destroyed 134 illegal refineries in the last few weeks. Also, the company said 63 illegal pipeline connections were uncovered during the the weeks . The corporation, In a visual report, stated that at about 2 am on Sunday, a joint team of security agents discovered a large wooden boat illicitly loading stolen crude oil from Barge AGS01 within the OML 18 operating area, noted intelligence report a large wooden wooden boat was caught receiving crude oil from the barge. According to the state-owned oil firm, while the barge was towed away with a tugboat in custody, five speedboats used in towing the large wooden boat to the illegal loading site were also detained and the particulars of the tugboats and barge used for the operation were reportedly seized for further investigation. It further said that two large boats, which involve
By Akinola Ajibade
Three suspects have been remanded by the Badagry Magistrate"s Court for assaulting a staff of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC).
They are Sikiru Suleman, 43; Omoghene Emmanuel, 19; and Ezike Eucharia, 42.
The trio are cooling their feet at the Badagry Correctional Centre for assaulting a staff of the utility firm, Janet Onosherena Alugbhe, at Hughes Avenue in Alasia Ijanikin, Lagos.
In a statement signed and made available to the News Mirror,. the company's spokesperson of EKEDC, Godwin idemudia, said that the suspects assaulted the victim while discharging her lawful duties as a field-representative officer.
He said: " On April 17, 2022, Alugbhe visited the area to collect evidence of meter bypass after she had received information about the massive cases of such illegal activity in that area. On her way out of the avenue, she was mobbed and violated by about 30 people. She was pulled from a bike by her hair, her clothes were torn, and personal effects seized.
Adding that : She was forced to unlock her phone and all the data she had gathered on the cases of the meter bypass was deleted. The mob proceeded to insert her phone into her private part. ‘In all my years, I have never heard of such barbaric act, and those involved should be ashamed of themselves,’ Idemudia stated.
However, the three defendants pleaded not guilty to the 5-count charge levelled against them before the Court.
The Court has granted bail to the defendants in the sun of N300,000, with 2 sureties in like sum residing n Lagos State. The surities, the Court said, must be gainfully employed, coupled with the fact that they must have 3 years Tax Clearancee certificate.
Idemudia further expressed his aversion to these unlawful acts and reiterated that the Company has a zero-tolerance policy on assault and will go to the full extent of the law to ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice.
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