24 Nigerians And 3 Ghanaians Arrested For Crude Oil Theft

The Operations Officer, Central Naval Command,
Yenagoa, Commodore Emmanuel Enemor, made
the disclosure on Friday in Yenagoa while
handing over the 27 suspects to the Police
Command in Bayelsa.

Mr. Enemor told PremiumReporters that the suspects, who were
nabbed in two separate operations, perpetrated
the crime in the creeks on the waterways of
Egweama community in Brass Local Government
Area of Bayelsa.

He said the three Ghanaians were arrested on
board a vessel, “MT Frankesen’’ with nine
Nigerian accomplices on October 24 with
1,092,000 litres of stolen crude oil.
He added that 15 Nigerians were arrested in
separate raids carried out on September 25 and
October 10 aboard a small tug boat known as
“MV Jehovah Miracle 3’’ and a wooden boat on
the Brass River.

The officer noted that the arrest was made by the
combat unit of the Navy at the Forwarding
Operating Base (FORMOSO), Brass Island, led by
Capt. Aniedi Ibok. “The arrest was in furtherance
of Navy’s efforts to eradicate all forms of
illegalities and criminal activities on the nation’s
waterways.

“Laboratory analysis of the sample of the product
confirmed it to be crude oil. The captain of the
vessel did not posses relevant documents, licence
or permit to be in that vicinity. “The ship’s log
showed that the vessel had made previous trips
from Akassa to Ghana, which suggested serial
involvement in illegal bunkering,” Mr. Enemor
said.

The operations officer noted that the interception
and arrest of a small tug boat and wooden boat
with 15 Nigerians on the Brass River was due to
the lack of proper permit.
He expressed confidence that the efforts of the
Navy to curtail illegal theft of crude oil would help
to address environmental challenges caused by
leakage of petroleum products.
Responding on behalf of the Police Command in
Bayelsa, Christian Nwogbo, who represented the
Commissioner of Police, Hilary Opara,
commended the Navy for its efforts to eradicate
crude oil theft.

He said the 61 oil theft suspects
handed over to the Police Command last
September had been arraigned at the Federal
High Court.

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