Navy arrests six for oil bunkering

The Nigeria Navy Ship (NNS Jubilee) personnel have arrested six persons foralleged theft of automotive gas oil (AGO).

NNS Jubilee is situated in Ikot Abasi Local Government of Akwa Ibom State.

Items seized from the suspects include three truckloads of illegal AGO, five storage tanks, generators and three oil hoses.

The operation, which took place in the early hours of Tuesday in Ikot Ibiok, Eket Local Government, was made possible by intelligence report.

Parading the suspects, Commander NNS Jubilee, Commodore Ayerinade Akinwale, said they apprehended the suspects through intelligence report from concerned persons.

Akinwale, represented by the Executive Officer, NNS Jubilee, Captain Suleiman Ibrahim, said the reports, which reached the Navy, indicated that the suspects were involved in the bursting of oil pipelines and stealing the AGO.

He cautioned people to desist from their involvement in the illegal business, as the Navy would not relent in going after persons involved in oil bunkering and other crimes.