The Nigeria Security & Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kaduna State Command has arrested four tankers and six suspects for illegal diversion of fuel with no fewer than148,000 litres in Kaduna.
Parading the suspects and tankers at the command headquarters yesterday, the State Commandant, Alhaji Modu Bunu, attributed the successes achieved so far to information received from concerned and well-meaning individuals on the plans by vandals to perpetrate their antics in the state over the weekend.
Bunu explained that on receipt of the information, the command quickly mobilized its anti-vandal operatives to strategic locations, leading to the arrest.
According to the state commandant, break-down of the vehicles and the content shows that the tanker with registration number KAF 662 ZA contains 30,000 litres, DKA 515 ZP is with 40,000 litres and the third one with registration number BAU 262 XR is containing 45,000 litres which are suspected to have been diverted.
He said one of the tankers was arrested with a waybill for the product from Suleja to Abuja but was arrested in Kaduna.
The Commandant further disclosed that the fourth truck, a DAF 85 was arrested without registration number and was conveying 33,000 litres of PMS suspected to be a vandalized products.
He said, the occupants of the DAF on sighting operatives of the NSCDC abandoned the truck and took to their heels, while the drivers and motor boys of the other trucks were apprehended and presently in their custody.
