Seven suspected oil thieves and two vessels, MT
CERGEN D and MT RHEINFELDEN, have been handed over to the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for further investigation and prosecution by
officers of the Central Command of the Nigerian Navy in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
Commodore Bamidupe Babagbale who represented the
Navy at the brief ceremony on May 28, said that the vessels were arrested at
different times by his team. He revealed that the team discovered that the
first vessel which name was altered from MT MARIA BROSSUM to MT CERGEN D, was arrested
on March 18, 2014 at Fish
Town loaded with
2,356,000 litres of cargo suspected to be stolen crude oil, and six crew members:
Dauda Usman, Adelaja David, Alowakenu Mathew, Edelman Bayo, Ogja Aghedo,
Adedara Tope.
At the time of arrest, the crew members allegedly
had no approval to lift crude oil.
The second vessel, MT RHEINFELDEN, was
arrested on April 19, 2014 around Akassa carrying 849,612 tons of illegally
refined automotive gas oil, AGO. Aboard the vessel was one Salami Kazeem (chief
officer).
The suspects and the vessels were received on
behalf of the EFCC by a Senior Detective Superintendent, Olayinka Macaulay.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
30th May, 2014
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