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Unknown to the suspects, the patrol team of NNS Beecroft had sighted them during a patrol conducted on July 13, 2024.
The Commander, Commodore Rafiu Oladejo ,in a statement signed on Tuesday by the base information officer, Lt. Hussaini Ibrahim, said the contrabands were intercepted on June 5.
It was learnt that the three-deck wooden boat reportedly departed from a local market in the Sangana area of Bayelsa State around 10 pm on April 28, 2024.
MV Precious Emmanual, a commercial double decker wooden boat, was conveying the passengers and goods worth millions of naira when it hit the wreckage.
The Commanding Officer, Captain Uche Aneke, disclosed this at Ibaka when he handed over the suspect and product.
It said the crew comprised one Ghanaian and 12 Nigerians on board the Ghanaian owned and registered vessel known as Motor Tanker SWEET MIRI.
NNSAT Commandant, Commodore Henry Aruomaren, revealed this at a news briefing in Kachia on Wednesday.
The Director of Naval Information, Rear Adm. Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
The Commander of the Ship, Commodore Kolawole Oguntuga, revealed the development on Monday to newsmen.
Its President, Ambali Olatunji, said this at a news conference at the end of its National Executive Council meeting.
The development was made public on Monday.
Oborevwori made the presentation to the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla.
The State’s Commissioner for Information and Communication, Aka Eze Aka, made the call on Saturday, in Enugu.
Those arrested were: four Ghanaians and 10 Nigerians, who were handed over to the Federal Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture in Calabar, on Tuesday.
Navy Captain Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, the FOB Commanding Officer, announced this on Monday.
The Nigerian Navy levelled the accusation against Tantita in a statement it issued on Thursday.
Two Indians without their passports were also handed over to the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS).
Lt. Empire Okorie, the Base Intelligence Officer, representing FOB Commanding, Navy Captain Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu made this public.
Adams-Aliu explained that the NDLEA operatives seized the cannabis on Thursday at Moba community in Badagry.
This was made known by Lieutenant Commander Kelly Umoru, the Base Operations Officer of the FOB.