Operatives of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited (TSSNL) in conjunction with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have destroyed a local storage facility located along the Alowe seashore in Awoye, Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo state.
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A statement by the TSSNL Director Operations and Technical, Captain Warredi Enisuoh, made available to reporters in Warri, Delta state Monday, said that Tantita agents led by Chief Idowu Asonja, the Ondo state commandant, had kept tabs on the activities of the suspected oil thieves who sold adulterated crude oil to local buyers.
According to the statement, the operatives around 8:36 a.m. on Sunday, stormed the facility and set it ablaze.
The Trans-Extravis Pipeline located along the Western Corridor was vandalized by the suspects who according to the statement, “escaped through their various speed boats.”
“Fortunately, we met 700 kegs filled with crude oil, which is tantamount to twenty-one thousand litres of crude oil. The whole kegs with the camp/store were set ablaze. Also, we met two wooden boats filled with crude oil, and all were destroyed,” the statement added.
It disclosed that the operation faced some resistance from some community “guys,” but with men of the NSCDC, they were successfully rebuffed.
It further added that the Tantita Commandant urged the community to desist from “stealing the nation’s source of income,” but rather support the private firm in the war against crude oil theft and saboteurs.
The operation comes barely 24 hours after the chairman of TSSNL, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo a.k.a Tompolo, was conferred with the Nigeria Union of Journalists Internal Security Meritorious Award for his outstanding contributions to salvaging the nation’s economy.
Tompolo while receiving the award harped on the need to end crude oil theft, saying, “I don’t have any other place, except Nigeria. Nigeria is the only country I have, so we must all join hands to protect and move Nigeria forward.
“Our economy is in dire need of survival, so we cannot fold our hands and allow some persons to sabotage the nation’s economy because of greed.”
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