Chat 212 Mail Summary...
- Captain Hassan Dogara, read a riot act during the burning of two wooden boats with 55 metric tonnes of suspected crude belonging to oil thieves.
- Officials of the Nigerian Navy and the Joint Task Force have warned oil thieves and other maritime criminals to stay clear of Nigeria’s waters
- Promising to tackle their activities and reduce oil theft, depleting the nation’s revenue.
Chat212 Power FM - Report..
Officials of the Nigerian Navy and the Joint Task Force have warned oil thieves and other maritime criminals to stay clear of Nigeria’s waters, promising to tackle their activities and reduce oil theft, depleting the nation’s revenue.
The Commanding Officer, Forward Operating Base Bonny, Captain Hassan Dogara, read a riot act during the burning of two wooden boats with 55 metric tonnes of suspected crude belonging to oil thieves.
During a joint sea patrol with the Joint Task Force, the Forward Operating Base also arrested 11 suspects, seized five speed boats, two wooden boats and a barge containing a total of 285 metric tonnes of suspected petroleum products in creek 6 in Kalibiama Community, Bonny, Rivers State.
The success of the team was attributed to the collaboration of the security agencies.
The Commanding Officer, 146 Battalion, Lieutenant Col. George Nyekwu, said that they would do all they could to ensure that the activities of the oil thieves would come to an end in the region.
“We will chase the oil thieves far away from here the whole of this vicinity. We will make sure that nothing of such will take place here again. Though it is a difficult task, we will try within our own capability to make sure that we stop them,” he said.
In September 2013, President Goodluck Jonathan had said that Nigeria was losing 1.5 billion Naira daily to oil theft and had asked the security agencies to tackle the increasing trend that was affecting the revenue from crude.
