He warned that a nation striving towards development could not afford to allow these kinds of things to be happening. He said: “NSCDC Akwa Ibom Command is here because of the arrest we have made. In our custody, we have 14 suspects and we also have as exhibits four trucks laden with suspected petroleum products.

“In total capacity, we have 1, 700 litres of AGO inside the trucks. They were accosted in four different locations. Three of them fall within Itu Local Council,  while the fourth was arrested in Onna Local Council of Akwa Ibom State”.

“Definitely, we are suspicious of the content of the trucks.  From our preliminary investigation, we suspected that these are adulterated petroleum products. We are working on the suspicion that it may be stolen products”.

“Investigation is ongoing and we want to tell Akwa Ibom people that there is no breeding space for criminals and vandals in the state.”