Afeez Adegbala, a driver attached to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has been arrested for allegedly diverting 10,000 litres of petrol belonging to the company.
Adegbala was arrested on Friday alongside his two motor boys by personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Osun Command.
While parading the suspect, the NSCDC state commandant, Igbalawole Sotiyo, said the driver and his boys were arrested at about 8.21 pm with the NNPCL truck.
According to Sotiyo, the driver loaded 40,000 liters of petrol at Pinnacle Distribution Depot in Eleko, Lagos State for delivery at the company’s mega stage ion in Osogbo.
He, however, delivered onky 30,000 liters of fuel to the station.
He was further arrested while discharge the remaining 10,000 at TEMPOLA filling station in Ikirun, Ifelodun Local Government area of the state.
He said, “It is an act of sabotage and stealing against the state. They are saboteurs and anti-state.
“NSCDC is using this medium to warn all the stakeholders involved in the distribution of petroleum products nationwide that anyone caught sabotaging the government would be apprehended and prosecuted.
“NSCDC uses this medium to request NNPCL Managers/Supervisors nationwide to work with the NSCDC to ensure saboteurs are brought to justice,” he said.