The Command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday.
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Buhari spoke when he addressed participants at the International Maritime Conference held in Onne, Rivers State.
The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Awwal Gambo, spoke at the launch of the operation, codenamed “Dakatar Da Barawo” whimeans ch ‘stop the thief’ in Hausa Language in Onne, Rivers.
The Base Operation Officer, Navy Commodore Morgan Etuk, said this on Thursday, while speaking with newsmen.
Capt. Peter Yilme, the Commanding Officer of the FOB, disclosed this to newsmen at Ibaka on Sunday.
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has called for concerted efforts to combat illegal oil bunkering and theft in the South South by applying stiffer penalties.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, said the committee was convened by the National Security Adviser, Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd).
Major General John Enenche, the Director Defence Information, said in a statement issued in Maiduguri, Borno State that there were no sinister motive behind the Armed Forces medical outreach exercise
Rear Admiral James Oluwole, the Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Naval Command, Calabar, made the statement on Saturday in Calabar while speaking with newsmen
It is on record that an initial allocation of 213 hectares of land was given to the Service by the Delta State Government in 2008 for the construction of NN Barracks. However, due to the nature of facilities planned for the Barracks, the NN viewed that there was a need for a more expansive area hence an additional request was made to the Delta State Government following which 30 hectres of land previously ceded to the Mobile Police was re-allocated to the NN. Consequently, the Mobile Police was relocated to Ogharofe another community around the area
“The major security challenges we are having is the issue of kidnapping along the waterways. The Chief of Naval Staff in his wisdom allocated some new patrol boats to help us curb this ugly challenge,’’ he said
The FOB’s Commanding Officer, Commodore Abdu Odumu, disclosed this to newsmen on Monday
The Commanding Officer, Forward Operating Base, Bonny, Captain Daupreye Matthews, told newsmen the vessel and its 11 crew members were arrested off the coast of Bonny Island in Rivers State
Matthews said they were arrested while the ship was on routine patrol of the waterways
Usman said the suspected pirates ran away on sighting naval patrol team, but unfortunately, they ran into a shallow part of the river and the ship sank
A statement by the Central Naval Command said the captain of the vessel could not tender relevant documents when he was apprehended
The suspects were arrested while using a tug boat to retrieve the distressed barge, Rear Admiral Sidi-Ali Usman, Flag Officer Commanding, Central Naval Command, said
The Director of Naval Information, Commodore Kabir Aliyu, who confirmed the incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on telephone in Lagos, however, could not immediately provide details of how the incident happened
Mba added that the ring leader confessed that since he lost his job as a naval officer, he took to illegal recruitment and racketeering as his main source of income and livelihood
At least 8,598 ammunition, 14 AK47 rifles and 20 Benelli MRI rifles were discovered after the ship was searched