{"id":93065,"date":"2022-03-21T13:46:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T12:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=93065"},"modified":"2022-03-21T13:46:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T12:46:59","slug":"oil-theft-navy-arrests-13-nigerians-impounds-vessel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/oil-theft-navy-arrests-13-nigerians-impounds-vessel\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil theft: Navy arrests 13 Nigerians, impounds vessel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1727911001343801055\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Nigerian Navy has arrested a vessel named \u201dMotor Tanker Harbor Spirit\u201d and 13 Nigerians on board conveying a fortified and auctioned crude oil from MV KOME XVIII with a forged document.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThis is contained in a statement issued by the Director of Information, Naval Headquarters, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan in Abuja.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ayo-Vaughan said that both the vessel and the suspects have been handed over to the Forward Operating Base Bonny for further investigation.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201dThe vessel has been subsequently boarded by the NN and her 13 crew men, all Nigerians, have been arrested and handed over to the Forward Operating Base (FOB) Bonny, for further investigation and possible handover for prosecution.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe arrest came barely two days after the arrest of MT QUEEN OF PEACE for unauthorised possession of petroleum product without valid documents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is indicative of the resolve of the NN to rid Nigeria\u2019s maritime environment of all infractions and illegalities for legitimate maritime activities to strive towards the economic growth of Nigeria.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Navy launched Operation \u201dObangame Express\u201d, consisting of multi-national maritime exercise in West Africa with 32 other countries participating in their respective maritime area.<\/p>\n<p>Also reported that the exercise is to avail the participating countries the opportunity to showcase how they have been able to manage their respective maritime environment against illegal activities.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\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>The Nigerian Navy has arrested a vessel named \u201dMotor Tanker Harbor Spirit\u201d and 13 Nigerians on board conveying a fortified and auctioned crude oil from MV KOME XVIII with a&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":83591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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