{"id":115966,"date":"2025-01-15T11:48:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T10:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=115966"},"modified":"2025-01-15T14:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T13:44:08","slug":"breaking-225-million-debt-obaigbenas-oil-vessel-arrested-detained-in-escravos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/breaking-225-million-debt-obaigbenas-oil-vessel-arrested-detained-in-escravos\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: $225 Million Debt: Obaigbena&#8217;s oil vessel arrested, detained in Escravos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Bayo Davids<\/p>\n<p>In compliance with a Court order over a $225million debt owed First Bank of Nigeria, security operatives today arrested and detained an oil vessel belonging to General Hydrocarbons Limited, a company owned by ThisDay Publisher, Nduka Obaigbena.<\/p>\n<p>TAMARA TOKONI (IMO: 8302131), a Floating Storage\/Production, sailing under the flag of Panama, owned by GHL, was arrested and detained at the Escravos, in Delta state by operatives from the Navy who flew two hours from the Naval base in Lagos to the Vessel&#8217;s location.<\/p>\n<p>Navy personnel with Naval Gunship are currently in the FPSO and have taken over the vessel.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that First Bank Nigeria PLC had on January 10, 2025, obtained an order from a Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, for the arrested and detention of the Vessel belonging to GHL in an attempt to recover an over $225million loan.<\/p>\n<p>The Storage\/Production vessel sailing und\u0435r the flag of Panama, owned by GHL, was arrested and detained at the Escravos, in Delta state by operatives from the Navy who flew two hours from the Naval base in Lagos to the Vessel&#8217;s location. Navy personnel with Naval Gunship are currently in the FPSO and have taken over the Vessel. First Bank Nigeria PLC had on January 10, 2025, obtained an order from a Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, for the arrested and detention of the Vessel belonging to GHL in an attempt to recover an over $225million loan.<\/p>\n<p>GHL and Obaigbena have disputed any such claims of owing First Bank, insisting it was not indebted to the bank in the sum of $225 Million.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-115967\" src=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/04015b12-327c-4722-ab77-3d04a5e737f9-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"778\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/04015b12-327c-4722-ab77-3d04a5e737f9-1.jpg 778w, https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/04015b12-327c-4722-ab77-3d04a5e737f9-1-288x400.jpg 288w, https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/04015b12-327c-4722-ab77-3d04a5e737f9-1-738x1024.jpg 738w, https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/04015b12-327c-4722-ab77-3d04a5e737f9-1-768x1066.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/04015b12-327c-4722-ab77-3d04a5e737f9-1-585x812.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 778px) 100vw, 778px\" \/><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Bayo Davids In compliance with a Court order over a $225million debt owed First Bank of Nigeria, security operatives today arrested and detained an oil vessel belonging to General&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":115969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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