 The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC River State Command has destroyed the operations of owners of local refineries in cutting Channel 1 area located in Deguema local government area of the state. Speaking with journalists at the site of the incident, the spokesperson of the NSCDC Command, Olufemi Ayodili, said the commandant general of the Corps, Dr. Ahmed Aoudi, has zero tolerance for all acts of economic sabotage. He directed the state command, Basil Ocommandant, Basil Igwebweze, to set up intelligence and protection of all critical national assets and infrastructure both on land and in the waterways. Ayodili hinted that the success of the marine unit during the operations at the incident site was hinged on credible intelligence that some suspects were carrying out illegal oil bunkering activities at the cutting Channel area. He said the suspects vandalized Sahara oil, oil wellheads and pipes to siphoned crude oil and establish a local refining site in the area. It is very visible that we have out to four cooking pots in this particular environment. For now we cannot ascertain the quantity in liters of the crude oil that is being siphoned because they are not here in tanks. You can see the pipe where the siphoned the oil through, the pipes are there. So we cannot ascertain the quantity, they are unquantifiable. This illegal refinery is going to be dismantled and all the materials, all the instruments in use here are going to be under season and our men will be on ground to ensure that this place is safe and no activity will take place here any longer. Definitely, we have the capacity. Our intelligence officers, they are always on ground. Like I told you, we got a wind of this activity what is taking place here through credible intelligence. So we are stepping up our intelligence expertise and we will continue to ensure that this environment is safe. Ayudhili further stated that the state commandant ordered massive destruction of all materials used in carrying out the illegal oil bunkering and more than four different refining stations have been destroyed altogether. NSCDC stands against every activity that has to do with illegal oil bunkering activities. What we need is intelligence, gathering and information from the people. We are all asked to ensure that illegal oil bunkering activities is put to stop in river states. And that is why the warning has gone out from the CG himself that any officer that is caught perpetrating any act that is in limica or that denigrates or degrades the integrity of this noble organization such a person will be brought to the book and show the way out. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.