By Raymond EKPE, South-South Investigator Bureau Chief/
Two of the berges…
PORTHARCOURT- INSPECTOR-General of Police IGP Task force has impounded 4 Berge laden with Automotive Gas Oil AGO suspected to have been illegally refined in Pot Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. It is not too clear whether any suspect was arrested in connection with the impoundment.
A statement by the Force PRO, CSP Olumiyiwa Adejobi made available to CrimeWorld magazine online however, quotes the IGP as describing the act as economic sabotage; vowing to deal decisively with perpetrators.
The statement read, “The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has warned that there would be severe sanctions for criminal elements who engage in activities such CrimeWorld as illegal bunkering and illegal refining of oil products, which is capable of sabotaging the economy of the country. The IGP equally charged members of special teams set up to monitor, investigate, apprehend, and prosecute purveyors of these crimes to renew their offensive against crimes and criminality, and professionally shun all manner of corruption so that offenders would be made to face the full wrath of the law.
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The IGP stated this while commending the IGP Task Force on the interception of a seagoing 12-compartments barge known as “Rainbow-I” with Registration No. 8765432 laden with about three hundred and fifty thousand litres of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) reasonably suspected to be illegally refined, and the arrest of four suspects, by the Inspector-General of Police Special Task Force on Petroleum and Illegal Bunkering (IGP-STFPIB) on 10th June, 2021 at Slaughter Area of Trans Amadi, Port Harcourt.
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