A joint military taskforce tagged ‘Operation Delta Safe’ says it seized 24 ships allegedly engaged in the evacuation of illegal oil products in the region in 26 months.
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Abiakam made the pledge in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Yenagoa.
Nwachukwu told News Agency of Nigeria in Yenagoa that the suspects were arrested for pipeline vandalism, oil theft and diversion of refined products.
The suspects, said to be Ukrainians, were apprehended and handed over to the commission by the Nigerian Navy Forward Operation Base in Bonny, Rivers.
The NSCDC Commandant in the state, Godwin Nwachukwu, gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Yenagoa.
Buhari said government was laying a foundation for change to ensure the rule of law and safety of the people.
He said the aim was to diversify the nation’s economy and provide jobs and wealth for the people
He said: “It is to the glory of the command that during my watch as FOC, we had gallant officers who had the passion to ensure that crude oil theft and maritime crimes are reduced
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
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Abolurin disclosed this on Monday in Abuja at a meeting with senior officers of the Corps as part of efforts to strengthen its operational strategy
The governor revealed that Nigeria loses 400,000 barrels of crude oil to oil theft everyday according to Federal Government statistics
The FOB’s Commanding Officer, Commodore Abdu Odumu, disclosed this to newsmen on Monday
The resolution to probe the allegation was sequel to the threat by the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Usman Jibrin, on September 3, 2014, to expose some international oil companies allegedly aiding oil theft in the country
Sumonu therefore advocated the inclusion of communities in the search for solution to oil theft, stressing that the government and oil companies alone would not win the war against the menace
Uwujaren said that the commission investigated 21 oil theft cases and charged 81 suspects to court within the period
Clark, who made the allegation while speaking at the plenary of the National Conference on the report of the committee on Public Finance and Revenue, chaired by Alhaji Adamu Aliero, called for the removal of fuel subsidy
This is no thanks to the activities of pipeline vandals and illegal oil bunkerers on their waterways
Spokesman of the task force, Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu, who made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, noted that the slow dispensation of justice had been undermining their efforts