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Abia State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, on
Wednesday paraded seven suspects quizzed at an illegal cement factory at
Asa Umunka village in Ugwunagbo local government council of the state.
Parading the suspects, NSCDC Commandant in charge of Abia, Mr. Andy Dateer, said his men on patrol spotted a compound that looked like a cement factory and decided to verify the type of business activity that was going on there.
He said that when his men eventually raided the compound, they were shocked by the discovery of over 40,000 bags of cements of various brands and about one million empty new cement sacs also of different brands pilled in a room.
NSCDC boss said his men suspected that the compound was being used as illegal cement factory wondering how one factory would be producing all brands of cement, hence , the arrest of the suspects.
Different brands of cements found at the illegal factory include: the new Dangote 3x brand, Nigercem, Eagle cement, Freedom cement and Ibeto cement along with empty bags.
NSDC boss noted that although the incidents of collapsed buildings were not rampart in the state, members of the public and unsuspecting cement users needed to guard against the activities of fraud-stars who had infiltrated the building sector.
He said the suspected fake cement products would be subjected to forensic test for analysis while the suspects would be handed over to the police for further investigations and prosecution.
Later in an interview, the prime suspect, Chief Samuel Nwokeneme, 62, said the business was established early this year by his late son who died in an auto crash along Enugu- Port Harcourt expressway three weeks ago.
The suspect who was incoherent in his speech, denied that they were into any illegal cement production, saying that they had to continue with the late son’s business to keep the family going.
Asked why they should have in their custody a stockpile of empty new cement sacs of various companies when they were not their registered agents, he said “we are using them to work.”
Another suspect, Chibuzor, 27, initially claimed that he was only in a near-by ‘joint’ when he was arrested by men of the NSCDC , denying any involvement in the illegal business, but later admitted that he knew that illegal business was going on there.
Asked if he had tried to alert security agents of the presence of such illegal factory in his vicinity, he mumbled “some times.”
Parading the suspects, NSCDC Commandant in charge of Abia, Mr. Andy Dateer, said his men on patrol spotted a compound that looked like a cement factory and decided to verify the type of business activity that was going on there.
He said that when his men eventually raided the compound, they were shocked by the discovery of over 40,000 bags of cements of various brands and about one million empty new cement sacs also of different brands pilled in a room.
NSCDC boss said his men suspected that the compound was being used as illegal cement factory wondering how one factory would be producing all brands of cement, hence , the arrest of the suspects.
Different brands of cements found at the illegal factory include: the new Dangote 3x brand, Nigercem, Eagle cement, Freedom cement and Ibeto cement along with empty bags.
NSDC boss noted that although the incidents of collapsed buildings were not rampart in the state, members of the public and unsuspecting cement users needed to guard against the activities of fraud-stars who had infiltrated the building sector.
He said the suspected fake cement products would be subjected to forensic test for analysis while the suspects would be handed over to the police for further investigations and prosecution.
Later in an interview, the prime suspect, Chief Samuel Nwokeneme, 62, said the business was established early this year by his late son who died in an auto crash along Enugu- Port Harcourt expressway three weeks ago.
The suspect who was incoherent in his speech, denied that they were into any illegal cement production, saying that they had to continue with the late son’s business to keep the family going.
Asked why they should have in their custody a stockpile of empty new cement sacs of various companies when they were not their registered agents, he said “we are using them to work.”
Another suspect, Chibuzor, 27, initially claimed that he was only in a near-by ‘joint’ when he was arrested by men of the NSCDC , denying any involvement in the illegal business, but later admitted that he knew that illegal business was going on there.
Asked if he had tried to alert security agents of the presence of such illegal factory in his vicinity, he mumbled “some times.”
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