The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Delta Command, said it is collaborating with sister security agencies and Tantita Security Services to reduce oil theft in the Niger Delta area.
The Commandant of the Command, Suleiman Jimoh stated this when the staff of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), led by Mr Benson Ekio, Head of the NAN office in Delta visited him in Asaba. He said that the command and other security agencies had put in place measures to effectively protect critical national assets. Jimoh said the synergy had ensured that oil bunkering and burning of crude in the creeks ended in Delta.
He said that with the support from Tantita, the command had destroyed several illegal refineries, and arrested and secured conviction of some culprits. “We no longer hear or see any site where crude is burned by the bunkers, and this has ensured the safety of oil pipeline facilities in the area.
He, however, said that the command has its challenges in the area of logistics and mobility to access the waterfronts and other areas. Jimoh, while calling for more support for the command, assured that with the current synergy, all facilities have been effectively protected. “This has ensured sustained peace, safety and protection of lives and critical national assets in the Niger Delta’’ he said, just as he commended the Delta State Government for the cordial relationship with the corps.
Earlier, Mr Ekio said that the visit was to foster a better relationship with the NSCDC, adding that the media and security sector are mutually dependent, just as he stressed that the corps and the NAN needed a stronger synergy.
