The Nigeria Navy on Tuesday, November 24, 2020, handed four suspected oil thieves to the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC).
The suspects included Ebenezer Afonka(captain), Bernard Umor (engineer), Kingsley Monday, and Ishmael Willy.
They were handed over to the Commission alongside a vessel: MV Captain Samuel.
Commander S. G. Muhammed, who handed over the suspects and the vessel, said they were arrested on October 24, 2020 by Nigeria Navy Ship (NNS Pathfinder).
He further stated that the four suspects were involved in illegal oil bunkering.
Muhammed said at the time of arrest, the vessel was laden with an unspecified quantity of substance suspected to be illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO/diesel).
Representative of the Head, Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the EFCC, and Head, Counter Terrorism and General Investigation (CTGI), Tasui Abubakar, who received the suspects and the vessel on behalf of the Commission, assured the Navy that justice would be served on the matter.
He said the investigations of the suspects had already begun and they would be charged to court upon conclusion of investigations.
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