Troops dismantle suspected illegal bunkering site in Lagos, arrest six

Troops of 65 Battalion person dismantled a suspected amerciable bunkering tract successful the Orile General Area of Lagos State, arrested six suspects and recovered items linked to the illicit activity.

Lieutenant Colonel Musa Yahaya, Acting Deputy Director Army Public Relations, 81 Division Nigerian Army, said successful a connection connected Saturday nighttime that the operation, conducted connected July 16, 2026, followed credible quality connected the activities of suspected economical saboteurs operating wrong the area.

“Acting swiftly connected the information, the troops carried retired a targeted raid connected the suspected tract and apprehended six individuals believed to beryllium progressive successful the amerciable bunkering operation,” the connection said.

Items recovered included 4 drums, 2 of which contained suspected illegally refined petroleum products, a achromatic Ford autobus and a tanker suspected to person been utilized successful enactment of the illicit activity.

The suspects and recovered items were subsequently handed implicit to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Lagos State Command, by the Commanding Officer, 65 Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel S. Adeojo, for further probe and indispensable ineligible action.

The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 81 Division Nigerian Army, Major General Adebayo Babalola, commended the troops for their swift response, ...