 The Mandarin security and civil defense co-commandant general's special intelligence court has uncovered a massive illegal oil bunker in sight at Odagwa community in a local local government area of river state. Parading the suspects before the news, men's spokesperson of the river's command superintendent Olufemi Ayodele hinted at a successful discovery of over 10 illegal refineries with an estimated 500,000 litres of crude oil contained in about 50 illegally constructed reservoirs was based on credible intelligence. This is Odagwa community in Eche, local government of river state. Five suspects have been arrested, presently while others at large. They were arrested for vandalizing the wear head of hers energies. They tapped into the wear head using different holes, different pipes. While on our way to this particular vicinity, you can see a lot of pipes being laid underground. This activity has been going on for quite a long time and we were able to discover other fresh areas where the wear head were removed, were vandalized and they were tapping directly into the source to siphon crude. While conducting an operational tour across the large, thick forest, about 10 different cooking pots of 50 litres capacity were seen with unqualified litres of crude oil. Two hours we've been walking through this massive forest. This is a very thick forest in Odagwa community in Eche, local government and you can see for yourself the cooking pots. So the process continues and we are now at the second phase of the operations. Look at the last tank that we saw in that area, it's about 120,000 litres capacity. We are still moving ahead to see other tanks where the cooking is taking place. Look at this, this is enough to contain a full trailer, a full stand. We are moving ahead. The reverse stage commandant Basile Igwebweze, through the spokesperson of the command, reassured that a thorough investigation has commenced to unravel those behind the scene while all suspects arrested in connection with these acts of vandalism and crude oil theft will be charged to court. The commandant JR Special Intelligence Court has made these arrests. All the suspects will definitely be charged to court of competent jurisdiction. Investigation is still ongoing because if you look at the nature of this illegal operation taking place in this vicinity, you will know there is a cattle involved. By the time we start our investigation, a thorough investigation indeed, we will unravel the mystery behind this unscrupulous and nefarious activity. The NICD say we're not reliant. We will continue to fight because of ensuring that every activity or every act that constitutes sabotage to the economy of this nation is taken very seriously.