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September 11, 2019
The Nigerian Navy inIkot Abasi, says it has uncovered illegal Automated Gas Oil depot at LiverpoolStreet in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom.
the leader of team, Lt.Commander Umaru Sidi, said this when he handed over the recovered items to theNigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Akwa Ibom Command onWednesday in Eket.
He said that the Navywhile on patrol got information and deployed their men to the scene on Tuesday.
Sidi said he handedover the four underground tanks and a tanker truck with registration number KAM413 XA, hoses and valves among others on the directive of the Chief of NavalStaff.
Receiving the items,the State Commandant of the NSCDC, Adeyinka Ayinla, described the illegal depotas acts of sabotage.
Ayinla, who describedthe perpetrators as saboteurs, said they “normally come through the creeks intoQua River to carry out their nefarious crime in the state.”
He explained that theQua River was also used as an oil depot where they lift illegal AGO to variousparts of Akwa Ibom and beyond.