Showing posts with label Oil bunkering. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oil bunkering. Show all posts

Friday, 15 April 2016

Nigeria Navy uncovers illegal oil sites in Rivers, seizes over 700,000 litres

Nigeria Navy uncovers illegal oil sites in Rivers, seizes over 700,000 litres

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The Nigeria Navy recorded a breakthrough in its undercover operations when it uncovered a major illegal oil bunkering site at an abandoned warehouse in Ogbogoro area of Obio/Akpor local government area of Rivers State a suburb of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State Capital.

The Commandant of the Nigeria Navy Ship NNS Pathfinder in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State Capital, Commodore Sanusi Ibrahim who led journalists to the illegal site on Thursday said five persons including an engine repairer were arrested at the scene.

Commodore Sanusi Ibrahim represented by the Base Operation Officer, Lieutenant Commodore Sunday Katuka Haruna said over five hundred drums loaded with illegally refined petroleum products were seen at the site.

He said” NNS Pathfinder operations is geared towards achieving the mandate of the Chief of Naval Staff strategic guidance and zero tolerance for Crude oil theft and other activities within the Niger Delta this raid will continue until we reduce it to the barest minimum.”

He said the the illegal containers had been arranged in each compartment and each compartment contained 100 drums, and we have over 20 compartments and each of theses drums contains about 350 litres of illegally refined AGO(diesel).” The seizure is the equivalent of 22 tankers of 33,000 litres.

The Commander of NNS Pathfinder Commodore Sanusi Ibrahim called on the public to continue to provide the Navy and other security agencies with timely information to enable it rid the country of oil thieves and pipeline vandals.

Over two hundred polythene bags and a wooden Contonou boats load with illegally refined oil were also discovered at the Ogbogoro illegal oil site.They were all impounded by the Navy.

Tuesday, 17 November 2015

Shootings as oil thieves stir pandemonium in FESTAC Town

Shootings as oil thieves stir pandemonium in FESTAC Town

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Commercial activities have gradually commenced at FESTAC Town, Lagos on Tuesday after an early morning sporadic shootings by suspected oil thieves that were escaping from security personnel. A resident of the area, who gave his name as Mr Ayodele George, said the bunkers had besieged the area at about 6 a.m., shooting sporadically into the air for over an hour.

“At first we thought they were armed robbers as they were shooting sporadically into the air but later we discovered they were a group of oil bunkers who came heavily armed,’’ he said. He added that the police and soldiers promptly responded to the distress calls by residents.

Another witness who gave his name as Emeka said that the armed men were a group of thieves heading to a creek in FESTAC Town but were being chased by the police. Soldiers had blocked roads leading to 4th Avenue junction and the police were said to be chasing the thieves.

Some police patrol vehicles were still parked at strategic places in the neighbourhood as commercial activities gradually returned to the town. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Joseph Offor, when contacted told pressmen that the incident was not robbery as reported earlier.

“There was no robbery in FESTAC Town this morning, what happened in the community was sporadic shooting by some hoodlums in the creek but the place is calm now. “We arrested and paraded some of them last week and impounded a tanker with about 7,500 litres of petroleum products with a hose and pumping machine.

“They are not happy, and I guess that is the reason for them to wake up this morning to disturb the neighbourhood. “In swift reaction, the soldiers and the police were immediately deployed to the scene but there are no arrest so far,’’ Offor said.

-Vanguard
Shootings as oil thieves stir pandemonium in FESTAC Town

Shootings as oil thieves stir pandemonium in FESTAC Town

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Commercial activities have gradually commenced at FESTAC Town, Lagos on Tuesday after an early morning sporadic shootings by suspected oil thieves that were escaping from security personnel. A resident of the area, who gave his name as Mr Ayodele George, said the bunkers had besieged the area at about 6 a.m., shooting sporadically into the air for over an hour.

“At first we thought they were armed robbers as they were shooting sporadically into the air but later we discovered they were a group of oil bunkers who came heavily armed,’’ he said. He added that the police and soldiers promptly responded to the distress calls by residents.

Another witness who gave his name as Emeka said that the armed men were a group of thieves heading to a creek in FESTAC Town but were being chased by the police. Soldiers had blocked roads leading to 4th Avenue junction and the police were said to be chasing the thieves.

Some police patrol vehicles were still parked at strategic places in the neighbourhood as commercial activities gradually returned to the town. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Joseph Offor, when contacted told pressmen that the incident was not robbery as reported earlier.

“There was no robbery in FESTAC Town this morning, what happened in the community was sporadic shooting by some hoodlums in the creek but the place is calm now. “We arrested and paraded some of them last week and impounded a tanker with about 7,500 litres of petroleum products with a hose and pumping machine.

“They are not happy, and I guess that is the reason for them to wake up this morning to disturb the neighbourhood. “In swift reaction, the soldiers and the police were immediately deployed to the scene but there are no arrest so far,’’ Offor said.

-Vanguard

Thursday, 11 June 2015

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