The Joint Task Force, codenamed Operation Delta Safe, on Saturday paraded two persons, Magaji Musa and Umar Musa who it said were involved in the printing of fake documents to facilitate the sale of stolen crude oil in the Niger Delta region.
The JTF through its Commander, John Okeke, informed newsmen at the command headquarters in Yenagoa, Bayelsa the suspects were arrested by troops at their Port Harcourt residence on Tuesday.
“This syndicate specialised in printing fake documents for stolen crude oil in the Operation Delta Safe Joint Operation Area. This syndicate is responsible for procuring fake documents to provide free passage for oil thieves’ activities in the Joint Operation Area.
“Such act has made it possible for oil thieves to evade arrest, which has indeed contributed largely to the reported illegal oil bunkering operations in the oil-producing region,” Okeke said.
Adding, he said the troops of Operation Delta Safe who were acting on intelligence “stormed the Port Harcourt residence of the ring leader, one Mr Magaji Musa and Umar Musa, in the early hours of Tuesday, August 20, 2024, and apprehended him”.
The Commander said: “Subsequently, documents were recovered from his house bearing fake stamps of some associations and waybills and forged identity cards were recovered from his house.
“The suspects had confessed to procuring fake waybills, illegal sales of crude and diversion of stolen crude oil from pipelines.
“Presently, the culprits are in the custody of the Joint Task Force, South-South Operation Delta Safe, and they will be paraded before the media and subsequently face prosecution in due course.”
Source: PM News
