A joint team comprising officers of the 181 Battalion, Oleh, headquarters of Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, in conjunction with the personnel of the Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, has arrested a vacuum truck laden.
The driver of the truck, Mr. Matthew Ojomikre, is currently being detained at the Forward Operating Base, 181 Battalion, Oleh.
Upon interrogation, the driver confessed that his company was contracted by Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited to evacuate sludge from Well 3, Olomoro.
However, he was unable to provide any formal approvals or documentation authorising the activity.
Until recently, Heritage Energy had consistently provided crude and condensate trucking permits to officers of the Nigerian Army and Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limite for proper monitoring from the loading point to the discharge location.
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Officers of Tantita Security Services, in collaboration with a team from Heritage and the army, have collected samples from the vacuum truck for laboratory testing and analysis.
The preliminary confessional statement from the driver indicates that he illegally collected crude oil from Well 3 under the pretense of evacuating sludge from the wellheads.
Authorities have reported that the same truck has previously been involved in unauthorized crude oil evacuations within the Isoko axis.
The driver, the truck, and its contents remain in custody at the 181 Battalion Base in Oleh, for further interrogation and possible prosecution.