Available information has it that the attackers made spirited efforts to board the vessel 50 nautical miles off Bayelsa State on September 16, 2016 at about 2:50am, but were heavily engaged and overpowered in a gun duel by naval personnel
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“This time, a patrol team deployed by Forward Operation Base Escravos in Delta conducted several raids on illegal refinery sites around Jones, Sara and Oporoza Creeks in Warri South LGA of Delta
Briefing journalists on Friday at Bonny, Rivers State, Captain Mustapha Hassan, the Commanding Officer of the Nigerian Navy Ship Nwamba, who led the rescue operation, said the 13 foreigners were rescued unharmed
Informed sources told The Eagle Online on that the bombardment commenced in the wee hours of Thursday
The pirates had hijacked the oil vessel laden with 4,700 tonnes of diesel fuel and held the crew hostage until they were rescued by the Navy on February 22
The Commander, NNS Delta, Commodore Raimi Mohammed, disclosed this to newsmen at the Warri Naval Base, adding that the suspect was apprehended on June 2
The suspects are Sani, popularly known as Dogonyaro; Usman, also popularly known as Smally; and Adamu Mani.
The suspects are said to still be undergoing investigation and will be handed over to the prosecuting authorities for further action
ommodore Abraham Adaji, the Commander of NNS BEECROFT, which carried out the operation, told journalists that the navy was determined to rid the country’s waterways of oil thieves and vandals.
He said: “In line with strategic directives from naval authorities, on March 31 our troops on routine patrol impounded two wooden boats carrying suspected illegally refined diesel of about 100,000 litres
In a statement issued from the office of the Secretary to the State Government, Tunji Bello, on Thursday, the online application would end on April 2, while aptitude test for qualified candidates holds on April 9, 2016
This was revealed by Rear Admiral Adeniyi Osinowo, the Flag Officer Commanding Naval Training Command
The Naval personnel were said to be members of the Anti-Pipeline Vandalism Joint Task Force
Ibas, who described the incident as unfortunate, said the Navy would not take it lightly, stressing that the act was capable of undermining its recent efforts to secure the nation’s maritime sector
A statement released on Sunday by Lieutenant Commander Hamman Ahmed, the Base Information Officer of the Nigerian Navy Ship Pathfinder in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, also said two crew members of the vessel were handed over to EFFC for further investigation and possible prosecution
He added: “MV Solution III, MT Trader and two barges, Atlantic I and Atlantic II, with varying tonnage capacities, were all empty at the time of arrest
The Flag Officer Commanding, Central Naval Command, Yenagoa, Rear Admiral Apochi Suleiman; the Commander, NNS DELTA, Commodore Raimi Mohammed; and other officers paraded the vessel and the suspects
Yeibo said Captain Musa Katagum, the Commanding Officer of Forward Operating Base FORMOSO, led a team of personnel from Naval Base, Brass on the raid of the illegal refineries
Nigerian Army and Nigerian Navy stormed the Marine Police Command at Onikan, Lagos State on Sunday
He said eight of the 26 suspects are illegal migrants from Niger Republic, while the rest suspects claimed to be Nigerians
He said: “On October 20, we got intelligence report about an illegal bunkering activity at a private jetty situated opposite the busy Slaughter market around Trans-Woji area in Port Harcourt