The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base, Yenagoa, has handed over 10 suspected oil thieves to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
This is contained in a statement signed by the EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren.
The statement said that the suspects were handed over by the Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Central Naval Command, Commodore Emmanuel Okechukwu.
The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base, Yenagoa, has handed over 10 suspected oil thieves to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
This is contained in a statement signed by the EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren.
The statement said that the suspects were handed over by the Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Central Naval Command, Commodore Emmanuel Okechukwu.
"The suspects, comprising crew members of the Ship MV DALAL, were arrested sometime in March 2013, for allegedly having on board products suspected to be illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO)," it said.
According to the statement, the captain of the ship confessed to have lifted 120,000 litres of illegally refined AGO at Akassa, for delivery at the Kirikiri Jetty, Lagos.
It quoted the FOC as saying that the vessel, at the time of arrest, did not have Nigerian Ports Authority bunkering permit, ship log and the approval of the Naval Headquarters.
"Laboratory analysis of a sample of the product from the vessel also indicated that the AGO was of poor quality,’’ the statement said.
It said that the FOC had promised that the Nigerian Navy would provide necessary assistance to facilitate further investigation and diligent prosecution of the case.
"The suspects will be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded," the statement said.
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