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Mon Jan 18 2021
The Forward Operation Base (FOB) of the Nigerian Navy (NN), Igbokoda, on Sunday, said 24 suspected oil thieves were arrested on coastal waters in Ilaje Local Government Area (LGA) of Ondo State.
The Commanding Officer (CO) of FOB, Navy Capt Shuaibu Muhammed-Ahmed, while parading the suspects, told newsmen that they were apprehended on January 13, at 4pm during the navy’s routine patrol on the Ondo-Lagos open sea channel.
Navy Capt Muhammed-Ahmed said the arrest was in fulfillment of the navy’s mandate to combat all forms of illegalities in the maritime environment.
He said seized items from the suspects included one boat containing 150 drums of illegally refined AGO (diesel), one pumping machine, 90 Horse Power (HP) and 80HP Yamaha outboard engines.
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The Nigeria Navy said its patrol team of the Operation Base (FOB), Igbokoda, Ondo State, has intercepted six boats loaded with over 100,000 litres of Automotive Gas Oil, popularly known as diesel along Ondo/Lagos coastal axis.
The Navy said the 24 suspected oil thieves conveying the diesel were nabbed at Igbokoda, Ilaje Local Government Area.
The Commanding Officer of the FOB, Navy Captain Shaibu Mohammed Ahmed, who paraded the suspects, said some of the boats seized by the Navy were full of empty drums.
He said the suspects were arrested on January 13 at about 4pm along the open sea channel.
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Men of the Forward Operating Base (FOB) of the Nigerian Navy in Igbokoda, Ondo State, have arrested 24 suspected oil thieves along the coastal axis of the Ilaje Local Government Area of the state.
The Commanding Officer, FOB, Navy Capt. Shuaibu Muhammed-Ahmed, who disclosed this to newsmen said the suspected oil thieves were arrested with over 100,000 litres of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) known as diesel.
According to him, the men were arrested during a routine patrol by the Navy officers on the Ondo-Lagos open sea channel around 4pm on Wednesday, January 13, 2021.
Speaking while parading the suspects in Igbokoda, Muhammed-Ahmed explained the Navy men intercepted six boats loaded with over 100,000 litres of diesel along Ondo/Lagos coastal axis.