Customs intercepts five diverted diesel tankers in Borno, hands them over to NMDPRA

The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has handed over five tankers carrying suspected diverted diesel to the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, for further investigation. The Public Relations Officer of Operation Whirlwind, Chief Superintendent of Customs, Hussaini Abdullahi, made this known in a statement on Friday in Lagos. He said the National Coordinator of Operation Whirlwind, Deputy Comptroller Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed that the trucks were intercepted after credible intelligence. According to him, the trucks, with plate numbers BBR 634 XA, BRK 828 MF, YLA 243 XU, KTN 278 XZ and MUS 134 BX, were later kept at Tasha Joli, opposite the 33 Military Ba...