The Special Intelligence Squad under the Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr. Ahmed Audi, has successfully dismantled an illicit and unlicensed manufacturing facility operating in Ponponla village, Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State. This company was primarily involved in the large-scale production of counterfeit and automated transmission fluid (ATF) along with other lubricants.
Acting on credible intelligence, operatives of the agency storm the company where one suspect, Adegoke Sunday, 41, was arrested while efforts are ongoing to track down other accomplices who are now at large.
“On Wednesday 06/09/2023, at about 1535hours, the CG’s special intelligence squad acting on credible tip-off stormed a location at Ponpola village, Gbekuba area, Iddo local government, Oyo State where it discovered an illegal and adulterated auto lubricants manufacturing company.”
“The location is very remote and deceptive because the so-called company was located inside a residential house and indulges in the production of engine oil and other lubricants which do not follow mandatory industrial standard,” the statement contains.”
The items confiscated from the company include over 2,500 one-liter containers of adulterated ATF oil, metal drums used for storage, adulterated grease oil, large quantities of chemicals used in the production of the adulterated oil, and five industrial machines.
At the same time, Dr. Audi, the head of NSCDC, has issued a directive for the immediate shutdown of the illicit company. Additionally, Sunday Adegoke, who asserted his role as the company’s manager, has been detained for further inquiry. Samples of all the seized items mentioned earlier have been collected for additional analysis.