Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, has said between January and December 2023 the Nigerian Navy arrested 23 vessels, 232 suspected oil thieves and destroyed 703 illegal refining sites....CONTINUE READING
He said the Navy also arrested five barges, 690 cotonou boats laden with stolen crude, 116 speed boats and 82 vehicles/trucks.
The CNS disclosed this in his opening remarks during a meeting with principal staff officers, flag officers commanding and base commanders in Abuja.
According to him, the Nigerian Navy seized 803, 353.20 barrels of crude worth over N1.5bn from economic saboteurs.
He declared the Nigerian Navy under his watch has zero tolerance for oil thieves and vowed to deal with any officer or rating found colluding with criminal elements.
He listed some of the vessels arrested to include MT Marine Express, MT Cecilia, MT Ufuoma, MT Vigor I, MV Barge Ayeba Eneni, FT Lamu I and MT Vinnalaris I Lagos, among others.
