Navy arrests four oil thieves in Rivers State
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THE Nigerian Navy, has paraded four suspected oil thieves arrested aboard a merchant tanker, MT Ever Rest, few kilometres from the Port Harcourt Refinery on the water channels.
Parading the suspects, Flag Officer Commanding, FOC, Eastern Naval Command, Rear Admiral Atiku Abdulkadir, said the crew on board the ship had no certified qualifications or formal training to be there, as workers.
He said the ship was rigged at the time his men stormed the place, a sign that the ship was set to siphon illegal crude from pipelines on the waterways.
The FOC explained that the ship had the capacity to convey 3,000 metric tonnes of crude, saying, “MT Ever Rest is a merchant tanker with storage tank capacity of 3000 metric tonnes. None of the crew members has anything to justify his being on board. You cannot serve on board a ship without any certificate or any formal training. The vessel is rigged, which is an indication of moves to conduct illegalities. The hoses were connected to oil facilities in the river. “
He said the Navy would soon hand over those arrested on board the ship to the appropriate authorities for further action, assuring that justice would be done on the matter.
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