The Nigerian Navy said it had handed over a vessel and wooden boat with about 10,000 litres of suspected stolen diesel worth N11 million to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The Nigerian Navy also handed over two crew members of the vessel to EFCC to commence further investigation and possible prosecution.

Handing over the vessel and the wooden boat to the EFCC, commander of Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder, Port Harcourt, Commodore Sanusi Ibrahim, said the vessel, MT Purity, was arrested transporting the petroleum product without permit.

Ibrahim stated that Nigerian Navy troops during a routine patrol of creeks and waterways on December 2, 2015, accosted the vessel carrying diesel believed to have been illegally refined.

He said, “During investigation, we discovered that the vessel manned by two crew members had no competency to justify them serving onboard the vessel. Similarly, the vessel had no authorisation from both the navy and other relevant government agencies to move petroleum products.”

The NNS commander stated that the Navy would continue to maintain its zero tolerance on crude oil theft, illegal bunkering, pipeline vandalism and piracy in the nation’s maritime environment.

Ibrahim urged the public to continue to assist the navy and other security agencies with information that would lead to arrest of oil thieves and other economic saboteurs.

Receiving the vessel and wooden boat, the head, Counter Terrorism and General Investigation of the EFCC in Rivers State, Mr David Iyang took delivery of the vessel, wooden boat and suspects.

Iyang assured that the commission would carry out thorough investigation, adding that if found guilty, the suspects would be arraigned in court.

http://leadership.ng/news/492742/navy-handover-vessel-boat-n11m-stolen-diesel-efcc

chisos!!!

Good.
God bless Nigeria Navy
God bless Nigeria

Anyway sai baba.

GREAT JOB. GOD BLESS NIGERIA. WE WILL SURLY GET DERE

Nice one

Amazing action by the Nigeria Navy.

Where is lalasticlala abeg handover this story to the front page spot ....under the last government, this vessel would have hit the petroleum retail outlets by now.

Nonsense

Nice one...

Gone are d days when we hear people stealing 20k, 100k worth of items... Now na 2.1 billion, 600million...

Ahhh!!! E de beru Olorun...

Wooow.....husstle is real

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Sanity is returning to the land.

Where is OLX when u need it?









ThefakeStan

BRING BACK OUR OYEL..

where are we heading to in this country

some people get mind kwa.

God bless the Nigerian Navy

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With falling oil prices, this is not the time to steal our oil. The Government can make more money by selling the shipping vessel used in stealing the oil. We need all the money we can get.

Wait

God bless the Navy. I want to believe na all the diesel you remit, say you no same out of it.

shamecurls:
God bless the Nigerian Navy

amen

Not worth my precious comment. msh

free2ryhme:
where are we heading to in this country

ur house

This is a lie! I don't believe this trash!

We all know our military men are weak. Anyway, they must save face.

Good one.

10,000 litres of diesel at 11 million naira. How much per litre?

That's good!
Watching em in 3d.

Hope we won't hear another story. Well, a new sheriff is in town.

Great job Nigerian NAVY u continue to make us proud as a nation.
This is the new Nigerian NAVY devoid of unscrupulous elements earlier found during the GEJ's administration, were NAVAL officers became escorts and watchful eyes of bunkers

E be like say Navy don begin work buh where have they been since?