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Navy hands over 10 suspected oil thieves to EFCC
The Navy in Rivers State on Friday handed over 10 suspected oil thieves apprehended while transporting petroleum product without permit to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. |
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The commanding officer, according to the News Agency of Nigeria, said that the suspects were arrested while moving illegally refined diesel to Lagos.
He said: “On January 31 at about 0800 hours, one of our gunboats while on routine patrol of the waterways and creeks intercepted a vessel, MT Ellen.
“MT Ellen was intercepted eight nautical miles off Bonny Fairway Bouy (coastal waters) over its suspicious movement and activities on sea.
“On boarding the vessel, troops discovered that it did not have approval to move the petroleum products.
“Ten crewmen on board the vessel were immediately arrested for their involvement and conspiracy in moving petroleum products suspected to be illegally refined diesel.”
Olorundare explained that the vessel, the crewmen and the product had been in naval custody to enable interrogators to determine the source, supplier and receiver of the petroleum product.
He said the vessel neither had calibration chart nor an approval, which made it difficult to determine the volume of the product concealed inside its storage compartments.
Receiving the suspects, a Senior Detective with the EFCC, Aminu Ismaila, said the commission would conduct speedy investigation into the arrest.
He said the suspects would be investigated and dealt with if found to be culpable.
He said, “The vessel does not have calibration chart and we will immediately take the diesel sample to the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency to ascertain the volume of the diesel inside it.”
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