According to available information, the eight persons were arrested over alleged illegal oil bunkering in the South East.
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The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Army set ablaze the vessels, including eight large Cotonou boats.
The new Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Naval Command, Rear Adm. Mathew Emuekpere, disclosed this on Monday during his familiarisation tour of naval warships in Onne, Rivers.
They are Axel Joseph Gibo Jabone, MD Zahirul Islam, Juanto Camireno Infantado, Suarin Fernando Alave, Gatila Jaypee Gadayan, Islam Shahinul, Islam Rafiqul, Shaikh Shibli Nomany and Rolando Jose Comendador.
The vessel is MT Asteris
This fact was stressed on Thursday when the court dismissed an application filed before it by the foreigners seeking to quash a four-count charge preferred against them and for the court to strike out the matter entirely on the basis that the prosecution did not secure and obtain a written consent of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice in line with the provisions of the Exclusive Economic Zone Act of Nigeria
The navy gave the information in a statement signed by Lt. Abdulsalam Sani, spokesman for the Navy Ship Pathfinder, Port Harcourt