Personnel of the Imo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has apprehended two suspects operating illegal crude oil warehouses in the state.
This was revealed in a statement made by the agency on its official Facebook page.
NSCDC also posted images showcasing the successful enforcement activities.
The post reads in part, “Intensifying the war against economic saboteurs: The CG SIS arrests two suspected economic saboteurs and impounds one Toyota Sequoia jeep loaded with over 5,000 litres of suspected adulterated AGO at Abacheke of Ohaji/Egbema LGA of Imo State.”
Additionally, NSCDC revealed that during the operations, two illegal crude oil warehouses located in a dense forest in Izorsu community of Oguta II Local Government Area and Umuofor community of Oguta Local Government Area in Imo State were discovered and subsequently destroyed.
Meanwhile, no fewer than four male adults have sustained severe injuries in an accident involving a Lexus car along Liasu Road in the Idimu area of Lagos State.
It was learnt that the incident happened on Sunday at about 5 am.
The vehicle was said to be moving at top speed when it lost control, swerved off the road and rammed into a shop opposite a Catholic church in the area.
The impact of the crash also damaged a building behind the shop thereby affecting some of its occupants who were still asleep.
An eyewitness, Sodiq Aderemi, disclosed that the injured victims were labourers who were employed to work in the building situated on the premises.
He said, “The vehicle was coming from the Council bus stop when it got to this point and crashed into the shop. It destroyed all the goods in the shop. The people living in the building behind the shop were labourers and they were close to 15. They work in an uncompleted building on the premises and sleep there at night. While four of them were seriously injured, two others fell unconscious. They were later resuscitated after a while. The bricks of the fence fell on them while they were still sleeping.”