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Delta govt warns against illegal petroleum checkpoints as clashes between task force, tanker drivers claim more lives

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4 years ago
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Delta govt warns against illegal petroleum checkpoints as clashes between task force, tanker drivers claim more lives

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The Delta State Government has warned against activities of illegal petroleum task force on highways in the state.

Major highways particularly in parts of Delta Central and South of the state have in the past months witnessed the proliferation of checkpoints mounted by men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and relatively unknown taskforces for checking of petroleum tankers and other heavy-duty vehicles.

Some of these checkpoints which are less than 200metres from each other on daily basis pose serious gridlock on the affected highways.

Most residents of the state especially those who ply these highways have continued to lament over the rising checkpoints that have not led to any clear arrest and parade of suspected petroleum smugglers in the state.

Senior Special Assistant to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa on Petroleum Products Monitoring, Chief Frank Ojenima, in a statement at the weekend said that the government had put mechanisms in place to bring perpetrators to book in order to curb the menace of illegal petroleum checkpoints in the state.

Explaining that the state government was displeased with the rate at which illegal task force checkpoints were increasing in the state, Chief Ojenima called on culprits to desist from the act.

He added that illegal task force perpetrators do not remit to government coffers hence posing a threat to the economic growth of the state.

He noted that confrontations between the illegal task force and tanker drivers had led to the loss of lives and property in recent times hence the need to checkmate the sharp practices in the sector.

“It has come to the knowledge of the state government that some persons have constituted themselves together into an illegal task force to mount unauthorised petroleum checkpoints within Delta State.

“They harass and beat up truck drivers and collect money, causing nuisance and traffic on the road.

“We have put a monitoring team across the state to checkmate the menace caused by the petroleum illegal checkpoints in the state,” he said.

Chief Ojenima said that the task force has liaised with security agencies to bring to book those involved in the dastardly act.

“Let me use this medium to warn them to stay off the road because the monitoring team will be going round, if they don’t stop this act, the law will catch up with them.”

He advised tanker drivers apprehended by the illegal task force to call the number 07031121973 or report to the office of the Petroleum monitoring in Asaba.

Ojenima also warned those involved in illegal oil bunkering to desist from the act as it constitutes economic sabotage to the nation and environmental degradation.

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