Justice E. A. Obile of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced an oil thief, Francis Ezeakolam to two years’ imprisonment for illegally dealing in petroleum products without an appropriate license.
The charge reads, “that you Francis Ezeakolam on or about the 9th of May 2021 at Port Harcourt, Rivers State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did deal in petroleum product, to wit: 1,600 litres Automotive Gas Oil conveyed in a Volkswagen bus with registration number WER 473 ZZ which is not of good quality contrary to Section 1 of the Miscellaneous Offences Act, Cap M17, of the Revised Edition 2007 and punishable under Section 18 of the same Act”.
He explained further that: “the defendant was also arrested alongside a Volkswagen bus with registration number WER 473 ZZ and Nissan Bus with registration number AE 974 BND while transloading products suspected to be illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil packed in cellophane bags”. Justice Obile convicted and sentenced the defendants to two years imprisonment with an option of a fine of Two Hundred Thousand Naira .
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