Nigerian Navy detains overseas ship and 27 crew for oil theft
ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s navy has seized a overseas ship and detained 27 foreigners who are billed with functioning illegally on Nigerian waters and making an attempt to export crude oil without having clearance, a senior official instructed The Connected Push on Wednesday.
The foreigners are becoming held on courtroom orders following their arraignment in a nearby courtroom in the oil-rich Niger Delta area, according to Nigerian Navy spokesman Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan.
Some of the foreigners have been arraigned on Tuesday following currently being billed with an “attempt to offer in export (of) crude oil with no license or authorization.” They integrated 16 Indians and nationals from 5 other international locations including Sri Lanka and Poland, Ayo-Vaughan stated.
Foreigners accused of illegally working in Nigeria’s maritime territory have been arrested in the past and analysts say they frequently function in connivance with local people.
Nigeria loses an approximated 470,000 barrels of crude oil for every day to long-term theft and pipeline vandalism, according to industry experts. Protection forces have in the latest months intensified a clampdown on culprits and the intelligence required to uncover their functions “is remaining sustained,” said Ayo-Vaughan.
In the most up-to-date incident, a ship registered in Marshal Island with a capacity to carry 3 million barrels illegally entered Nigeria’s waters on August 7, officials said.
Nigerian authorities reported the captain verified that “his vessel was with no relevant clearance to function in the field” but subsequently “declined” a request to abide by a Nigerian Navy ship. Alternatively, officials stated it designed “a wrong piracy attack call” and “engaged complete velocity southwards toward the Sao Tome and Principe maritime region in a bid to evade arrest.”
“We are still trying to keep good surveillance as properly as presence by the patrol of our ships in the waters and we also have a subregional and international partnership to carry on to uncover this form of criminality of intercontinental dimension,” said Ayo-Vaughan.
ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s navy has seized a overseas ship and detained 27 foreigners who are billed with functioning illegally on Nigerian waters and making an attempt to export crude oil without having clearance, a senior official instructed The Connected Push on Wednesday.
The foreigners are becoming held on courtroom orders following their arraignment in a nearby courtroom in the oil-rich Niger Delta area, according to Nigerian Navy spokesman Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan.
Some of the foreigners have been arraigned on Tuesday following currently being billed with an “attempt to offer in export (of) crude oil with no license or authorization.” They integrated 16 Indians and nationals from 5 other international locations including Sri Lanka and Poland, Ayo-Vaughan stated.
Foreigners accused of illegally working in Nigeria’s maritime territory have been arrested in the past and analysts say they frequently function in connivance with local people.
Nigeria loses an approximated 470,000 barrels of crude oil for every day to long-term theft and pipeline vandalism, according to industry experts. Protection forces have in the latest months intensified a clampdown on culprits and the intelligence required to uncover their functions “is remaining sustained,” said Ayo-Vaughan.
In the most up-to-date incident, a ship registered in Marshal Island with a capacity to carry 3 million barrels illegally entered Nigeria’s waters on August 7, officials said.
Nigerian authorities reported the captain verified that “his vessel was with no relevant clearance to function in the field” but subsequently “declined” a request to abide by a Nigerian Navy ship. Alternatively, officials stated it designed “a wrong piracy attack call” and “engaged complete velocity southwards toward the Sao Tome and Principe maritime region in a bid to evade arrest.”
“We are still trying to keep good surveillance as properly as presence by the patrol of our ships in the waters and we also have a subregional and international partnership to carry on to uncover this form of criminality of intercontinental dimension,” said Ayo-Vaughan.