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
He gave the ultimatum in Benin, the state capital, through his Special Adviser, Mr Crusoe Osagie.
The ultimatum was given during a joint briefing organised by the government at the police command headquarters.
According to Osage, there was a need for the police to quickly unravel the controversies surrounding the issue due to the insinuation in some quarters that the place was a morgue and not a shrine.
Recall that News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) had reported this week( Thursday) that the government bursted a shirne, suspected to be used by ritualists for criminal activities.
The report further said that three suspects were arrested with 20 mummified bodies.
“There are a lot of speculations going around that the place is a quack morgue where they preserve bodies.
“We are going to leave the situation for the police to do their investigations and brief the public on what was going on there.
“Some persons have been apprehended and are undergoing questioning; some are still being looked for and will be apprehended.
“They will contribute useful information to the investigations. The governor has given 7 days for them to come back with details of what they found; if it was just a morgue, any ritual involved or what is the situation.
“So, the police will be allowed to do the work, we will give them the time to come back to brief us.
“We are going to continually brief the public exactly what the situation is,” he said.
The Edo governor’s media aide also noted that beside the push to expedite investigations into the ritualists den case, that the state had taken measure to avert public health crisis.
Also briefing, DCP Olawore Oluwole, in-charge of Criminal Investigation Department (CID), said the command acted on a credible intelligence that a bungalow located in Uzebu quarters in Ekenhua, Benin, accommodated dry bodies.
Oluwole, however, retracted that there was no indication from their investigation so far that it was a ritual shrine.
The senior police officer said that five suspects had been arrested in connection with the case, while the owner of the bungalow was on the run.
“So far, we are still looking for one of the suspects, Chukwu Otu, and frantic efforts are being made to reach him who was alleged to be the owner of the bungalow.
“I want to appeal to members of the public to remain calm as the command will ensure all efforts will be made to reach the suspects and every other details that are necessary to unravel,” Oluwole said of the Edo government push into the ritualists den case.
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