45,000 Litres of Adulterated Diesel Seized.

Tayo Oladipupo |

45,000 litres of adulterated diesel have been seized with five suspects arrested.

The NSCDC Commandant in Ondo state, Pedro Awili made the disclosure while parading the suspects before newsmen on Monday in Akure.

Pedro Awili said the command also seized 3,680 litres of adulterated kerosene between June 1 and June 9.

According to the Commandant, men of the corps, through a tip-off, arrested three suspects with a tanker loaded with the 45,000 litres of adulterated AGO (diesel) over the weekend.

He said the suspects claimed the product was loaded from Akwa Ibom while information at the Commands disposal was that the product, which was illegally refined, was loaded from Warri.

NSCDC Commandant in Ondo state further revealed that, ”On June 1, 2018, we arrested one suspect with a truck laden with 2,640 litres of improperly refined DPK (kerosene) in Igbokoda, Ilaje Local Government Area of the state.

“In the same vein, on June 8, 2018, we also arrested two other suspects with two vehicles, one Golf car and Toyota Avensis, with 1,040 litres of adulterated DPK.

“These are the people who deal in buying and selling of fake and adulterated petroleum products in the creek of Igbokoda.

“They transport the product through Irele and sell to unsuspecting members of the public.

“Those arrested are going to face the law. We will charge them to court after investigation and the law will take its course,” he said.

Awili, counselled members of the public to be cautious in the kind of kerosene they buy, urging them to patronise only approved filling stations.

He warned those involved in sharp practices to desist, saying the state would no longer be safe for them.