Navy Arrests 2 Barges At Taraba Jetty, Port Harcourt

The Nigerian Navy (NN) said its patrol team, deployed by NNS PATHFINDER, has again arrested two barges at Taraba Jetty in Port Harcourt.
The Navy Director of Information, Rear Adm. Christian Ezekobe, said this in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja.
According to Ezekobe, the arrest is due to their alleged involvement in illegal oil bunkering.
Ezekobe explained that one of the arrested barges had about 70,000 litres of suspected illegally refined AGO, while the other was carrying a mixture of AGO and water.
He added that the patrol team arrested another barge conveying about 200 MT of suspected illegally refined AGO at Owogoro Jetty in Port Harcourt.
In a related development, the patrol teams deployed by NNS DELTA for daily patrols, had continually secured shipping in and out of Warri axis.
“In the course of the patrol, the patrol team discovered and destroyed two illegal refineries together with an estimated 120MT of products suspected to be illegally refined AGO.
“And another 20MT of stolen crude oil at Bikpoku Creek/Asigbo Creek in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta,” he said.
Ezekobe said that another patrol team from NNS DELTA discovered and destroyed five illegal refineries with about 100MT of combined products at KO Creek in Warri South-West Local Government of Delta.
These arrests were the seventh in the series of arrests made and the destruction of illegal refineries in the area in the last two days.