 The Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps' NSCDC River State Command has reaffirmed its determination to end oil theft in the state. The commandant NSCDC River State Command, Abu Tambwal, disclosed these during activities to commemorate the World Civil Defense Day 2022 of the Marine Exhibit Yard in Ogogoro, Port Harcourt, River State. World Civil Defense Day was declared as a global holiday by the International Civil Defense Organization, ICDO, in 1990 to honor personnel who have sacrificed their lives for it. To this end, the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps has been effective in the protection of critical infrastructures, national assets, and fighting against oil theft in the country. Speaking at the event, the commandant Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps, River State Command, Abu Tambwal, who emphasized the determination of the command to stop pipeline vandalism and all forms of oil theft in the state, expressed his displeasure of bunkering activities on aquatic lives and farmlands. Commandant Tambwal, who was represented by the Deputy Commandant of Corps, Ethel Dike, stated the importance of legislation for the benefit of volunteers during emergency situations. In marking this year's World Civil Defense Day, the River State Command of NNCDC, comprising of active defense actors, has intensified its fight against vandals of the nation's assets by arresting no fewer than 50 suspected oil thieves. This is one of the measures put in place to reduce instances that could lead to displacement of people due to explosions and fire disaster, minimize the cost of providing care to internally displaced persons and refugees in a context of pandemic and weakening of the economic fabric orchestrated by oil spillages, destruction of aquatic lives, floods and fire disaster. Dike said mobilization of volunteers for disaster risk management is recommended at all levels of the society if everyone must survive the pandemic. Similarly, the national president of surface gas tank retailers, Uyeche Obina, described oil theft as a sabotage to the nation's economy. The command is calling on residents of the state to join NNCDC in the fight against crime and opposing every act capable of endangering the lives of every citizen in the state. We are going to declare Operation Cleanup River State. And by the purpose of Operation Cleanup River State, all trained surveillance information officers of Naston shall be integrating with all unit commandants of civil difference in all the local government to complement their efforts with proper information assimilation in order to uncover every illegal site in the state. The theme for the 2022 International Civil Defense Day is civil defense and management of displaced populations in the face of disasters and crises.