CNS Ibas
The
Nigerian Navy has averted pirate attack on 3 merchant vessels, namely
MV MOXON, MT AFRICAN BEAUTY and MT MADONA. The vessels were attacked
around Brass waterways in Bayelsa State on 3 and 4 May 2016. The
criminals made spirited effort to seize the vessels but the timely
response of the special protective team deployed by the Nigerian Navy
successfully dislodged the pirates who fled to evade arrest.
In
a related development, the naval patrol team deployed by NNS PATHFINDER
on 4 May 2016 discovered and destroyed 2 active illegal crude oil
refineries located at NAFCON creek. The refineries had 7 storage tanks
containing about 10,000 litres of stolen crude oil and 20,000 litres of
illegally refined AGO. This is even as the patrol team destroyed a
warehouse used by the criminals to hide illegally refined products. The
massive warehouse located at Ikpokiri community in Rivers State had GP
tanks containing suspected illegally refined AGO.
Consequently,
the new tactics of using warehouses by the crude oil thieves has been
noted seriously. Therefore, the Nigerian Navy is warning owners of
warehouses in the Niger Delta area to avoid the temptation of leasing
out their properties to the criminals. The Service will not be held
responsible for damages done to the properties in the course of the
current clampdown on crude oil theft, vandalism and piracy in the area.
Commodore CHRISTIAN ODOGWU EZEKOBE
Director of Information, Nigerian Navy
No comments:
Post a Comment