Dutse – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa said on Sunday it had arrested three people, including a filling station manager, for alleged illegal trading in petrol.
The Commandant of the corps in the state, Mr Muhammad Gidado, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse that the suspects were arrested at a filling station in Taura Local Government Area.
Gidado said that the manager was arrested for allowing the illegal sale of the product, while the station attendant was arrested for selling the product in the black market.
The commandant said that NSCDC officers recovered nine drums of petrol loaded on a Mitsubishi truck with registration number XB 388 BKD from the suspects.[pro_ad_display_adzone id=”70560″]
“Our Anti-Bumburutu team in Taura Local Government Area arrested the sales manager of a filling station for patronising black marketeers.
“He was arrested with a black marketeer and the fuel station attendant after selling and loading the commodity into nine drums belonging to the illegal dealer,’’ the commandant said.
According to Gidado, Section 3 (e) of the NSCDC Act 2007 (Amended), gave the corps the power to enter and search premises of any suspected illegal dealer in petroleum products.
He said that the same provision empowered officers and men of NSCDC to arrest any person suspected to have committed an offence under the act.
Gidado said the suspects would soon be charged to court.