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JTF impounds tankers loaded with 90,000 litres of diesel in Aba over Illegal Bunkering

January 15, 2022
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Two tankers each loaded with 45,000 litres of diesel in Aba, was on Friday impounded by a joint Taskforce (JTF) comprising of officials of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) and the Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria (NOGASA).

The JTF operatives seized the two tankers jointly loaded with 90,000 litres of refined diesel, in the early hours of Friday, along the Aba-Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, in Osisioma Ngwa Local Government Area of Abia while they were conveying the diesel to an undisclosed location.

JTF impounds tankers loaded with 90,000 litres of diesel in Aba over Illegal Bunkering
JTF impounds tankers loaded with 90,000 litres of diesel in Aba over Illegal Bunkering | One of the tankers

AbaCityBlog gathered that the occupants of the two tankers escaped arrest when they noticed the presence of the JTF abandoning their products and tankers close to the Popular Tonimas Junction, along the Aba-Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway.

The chairman of the joint task force, Mr Godfrey Chukwunyere said that the activities of bunkers said that the activities of illegal oil bunkers are taking a majority of their members out of business as they cannot get products anymore from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Depot in Aba.

“We plead with the government of Abia State to come to our aide. We’re are trying our best to checkmate the activities of these illegal bunkers.

“We’re doing our best but we need support from the government. These people are criminals and they’re sabotaging the Nigerian economy and taking genuine oil marketers out of business.

“These vandals have filled the market with adulterated products that are very harmful to our people. We formed this task force to checkmate the nefarious activities of illegal bunkers and make sure that none of our marketers is involved in this.

“We also want to ensure that any of our members found to be collaborating with these vandals are delisted and reported to the approval authorities.

“We’re happy that so far none of our members is involved in this. These people are criminals and must be stopped. We cannot fold our hands to allow them to take us out of business.

“All we want is for products to be at the Aba Depot of the NNPC so that we can do our business and pay necessary taxes as genuine businessmen.”

Chief Nwandu Anyawu, Chairman, Oil and Gas (OGS) branch of NUPENG Aba unit, said that they suspect that the vandals got the products around the boundary of Rivers State and Abia State and were trying to enter into Aba to distribute them before they were caught.

JTF impounds tankers loaded with 90,000 litres of diesel in Aba over Illegal Bunkering
JTF impounds tankers loaded with 90,000 litres of diesel in Aba over Illegal Bunkering

“We’ve tried our best. We’re doing our job to get these guys. Today, they abandoned their products and ran away. We are calling on the Governor to kindly assist us to fight and win this battle with these people because their activities are affecting everybody.

“We can’t load in the Depot again. Their activities in the pipeline are killing business. These people sell cheaper than the NNPC price in the Depot. They break pipelines and take refined products to sell illegally.”

JTF impounds tankers loaded with 90,000 litres of diesel in Aba over Illegal Bunkering
Receipts found on the tankers conveying the illegal products

Mr Chidiadi Achibiri, the Public Relations Officer of the OGS branch of NUPENG, Aba unit said that the issue on the ground is beyond just marketing of illegally gotten petroleum products, but also marketing of adulterated products that have been causing problems for Nigerians.

“This thing has been an alarming rate. We decided to come together to say no to this. We got information about their activities and we took action to get them.

“Normally, the law says that when we get this type of product, we should take them to the appropriate authorities that will take it up from there with investigations.

“They have fake documents forged to enable them to move these products as if they were gotten from the Depot.

“They’re bringing these products from Rivers State but we have our people here checking them because the Depot here in Aba is no longer functioning.”


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