Sokoto – Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Sokoto State Command, has beefed up security at Nigeria’s border with Niger Republic to curtail illegal diversion of petroleum products.
The state Commandant of the corps, Mr Adamu Soja, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Sokoto, that its officers on surveillance patrols at Gudu, Tangaza, Sabon-Birni and Illela border communities had been adequately briefed.
He warned petroleum marketers against diversion of the products to black market, saying that sensitive security measures had been adopted to monitor the sale of the commodity in and outside the metropolis.
He solicited the assistance of traditional and religious leaders in border communities by providing useful information that could assist in the arrest and prosecution of these `saboteurs.’
Soja said that all that was required by the corps was information on the movement of those behind the illegal business.
The commandant also called on traditional rulers to assist in sensitising residents of the dangers involved in the transportation of petroleum products outside the country.
He said that the federal government had taken concrete steps to ensure the availability of petroleum products in the country. (NAN)
