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Dismissing the contention that the TSSNL had no power to arrest vessels loading crude oil, he said, “Every Nigerian citizen has the power of arrest because you cannot stand by and see something going wrong and allow people to damage the country.”
The Commanding Officer noted that the mandate of the base was to serve as a force multiplier for the Western Naval Command (WNC) in furtherance of its policing duties, particularly anti-COT and illegal bunkering.
Senate has ordered a probe into alleged theft of crude oil by members of the nation’s security forces and militia groups. This came up at plenary, yesterday, following a motion sponsored by Ned Munir Nwoko (Delta North), who quoted figures ...
The President should conduct a proper review of the $1.3 billion Crude Oil Pipeline Surveillance contract awarded to three individuals all from Delta State in accordance with the national and economic security interest of the country and decentralize the contract to include other ex-militant leaders from the different states in the region in order to effectively reduce the menace of crude oil theft and boost oil production.
Ferreira, who was represented by the Marine Component Commander of OPDS, Commodore Adedokun Siyanbade, said the operation was conducted Tuesday and that the operation led to the arrest of MV Cecelia Imo, a vessel that ought to be a service boat but has been converted to a storage tank for illegally refined products suspected to be AGO.