{"id":127273,"date":"2024-08-08T00:04:31","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T23:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-nab-17-suspects-over-pipeline-vandalism-illegal-bunkering"},"modified":"2024-08-08T01:06:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T00:06:48","slug":"police-nab-17-suspects-over-pipeline-vandalism-illegal-bunkering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-nab-17-suspects-over-pipeline-vandalism-illegal-bunkering","title":{"rendered":"Police nab 17 suspects over pipeline vandalism, illegal bunkering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Inspector-General of Police Special Task Force on Petroleum and Illegal Bunkering, IGP-STFPI, said it arrested 17 suspects over pipeline vandalism and illegal oil bunkering nationwide in one month.<\/p>\n<p>The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made the disclosure on Wednesday in Abuja during a media briefing to showcase the achievements of the task force.<\/p>\n<p>Adejobi said that operatives of the task force had, in the past four weeks, made significant strikes to curb the illicit activities surrounding oil theft and illegal bunkering in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe task force has intercepted and recovered 250,000 litres of crude oil, 350,000 litres of Automotive Gas Oil, AGO, and 118 liters of Petroleum Motor Spirit, PMS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have also recovered 13 trucks during various operations across the country within the period under review,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The police spokesman explained that the arrests and recoveries were made during the joint operation of government security forces and Tantita Security Services Ltd.<\/p>\n<p>He further said that the task force had sought and obtained the court\u2019s interim forfeiture order with respect to a vessel popularly referred to as \u201cthug Boat,\u201d operating under the name of MV Aya Oba Olori II.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the forfeiture order covers the 50,000 litres of AGO content in the boat.<\/p>\n<p>Adejobi said the court also ordered that the vessel be kept under the custody of the Nigeria Police, adding that efforts were being made to trace and apprehend the fleeing accomplices.<\/p>\n<p>He said the achievements were testament to the commitment of the Nigeria Police Force to combat petroleum theft and illegal bunkering.<\/p>\n<p>The police spokesman pledged the force\u2019s continuous efforts to ensure the security and integrity of the nation\u2019s petroleum resources.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Inspector-General of Police Special Task Force on Petroleum and Illegal Bunkering, IGP-STFPI, said it arrested 17 suspects over pipeline vandalism and illegal oil bunkering nationwide in one month. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made the disclosure on Wednesday in Abuja during a media briefing to showcase the achievements [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":127272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[6405,254,14386,165],"class_list":["post-127273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-illegal-bunkering","tag-nigeria","tag-pipeline-vandalism","tag-police"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police nab 17 suspects over pipeline vandalism, illegal bunkering - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Inspector-General of Police Special Task Force on Petroleum and Illegal Bunkering, IGP-STFPI, said it arrested 17 su ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-nab-17-suspects-over-pipeline-vandalism-illegal-bunkering\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police nab 17 suspects over pipeline vandalism, illegal bunkering\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Inspector-General of Police Special Task Force on Petroleum and Illegal Bunkering, IGP-STFPI, said it arrested 17 su ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-nab-17-suspects-over-pipeline-vandalism-illegal-bunkering\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-08-07T23:04:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-08T00:06:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1723059386.096247.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"719\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-nab-17-suspects-over-pipeline-vandalism-illegal-bunkering#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-nab-17-suspects-over-pipeline-vandalism-illegal-bunkering\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Police nab 17 suspects over pipeline vandalism, illegal bunkering\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-07T23:04:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-08T00:06:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-nab-17-suspects-over-pipeline-vandalism-illegal-bunkering\"},\"wordCount\":298,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-nab-17-suspects-over-pipeline-vandalism-illegal-bunkering#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1723059386.096247.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Illegal bunkering\",\"Nigeria\",\"Pipeline vandalism\",\"Police\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-nab-17-suspects-over-pipeline-vandalism-illegal-bunkering#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-nab-17-suspects-over-pipeline-vandalism-illegal-bunkering\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-nab-17-suspects-over-pipeline-vandalism-illegal-bunkering\",\"name\":\"Police nab 17 suspects over pipeline vandalism, illegal bunkering - 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