Crimes

EFCC probes vessel recovered from oil thieves in Rivers

The operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have commenced investigation of a vessel, “Bravo Alero”, suspected to belong to oil thieves in the Niger Delta region of the country.

The vessel, arrested by Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS FORMOSSO, Brass, Bayelsa State, and conveying 200 litres of products suspected to be illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), fondly called diesel, was handed over to the EFCC by the navy for investigations and prosecution on Thursday, September 5, 2024.

The Handing Over Officer, Commander M.A Gaga, who represented the Commanding Officer Forward Operating Base, FORMOSO, Captain Ifeanyichukwu Charles Mabeokwu, expressed confidence that the EFCC would investigate the vessel and possibly prosecute it accordingly.

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Gaga also assured the anti-graft agency of continued synergy in the fight against illegal oil bunkering in the Niger Delta.

Receiving the vessel on behalf of the EFCC, the Chief Superintendent of the anti-graft agency, CSE Shittu Babatunde, assured the navy of prompt and professional investigation of the case.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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