This was disclosed by a counter-terrorism skilled, Zagazola Makama, in a put up on X.
Zagazola mentioned the suspects had been apprehended at about 7:55 pm on October 18 by troops of the 103 Battalion (Motorised) throughout an anti-illegal bunkering operation.
According to him, the suspects, alongside the recovered petroleum merchandise and motorbike, had been taken into army custody for additional investigation and crucial motion.
The safety skilled famous that the operation varieties half of ongoing efforts by safety companies to fight unlawful petroleum refining, oil theft and the transportation of illicit petroleum merchandise in the Niger Delta.
“Further details on the identities of the suspects and the quantity of petroleum products recovered were not immediately available,” he mentioned.
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