Nigerian Navy Impounds Vessel Laden With 350,000 Litres Of 'Stolen, Illegally Refined' Diesel

The Nigerian Navy on Wednesday announced that personnel of its NNS Pathfinder in Port Harcourt, Rivers State impounded a Marine Vessel , laden with about 350,000 litres of suspected stolen diesel.Commander of Operation Delta Safe of the Navy, Rear Admiral Olusegun Ferrera, who was represented by the maritime component commander of the joint task force for South South of the Operation Delta Safe, Commodore, Adedokun Siyanbade, showed the vessel to journalists in Port Harcourt.

He said based on intelligence, the Navy conducted an operation that led to seizure of the vessel - MV Cecelia. He said, “As part of the efforts at optimizing and ensuring that the mandate of the OPDS are actualised the Commander Joint Task Force South south of OPDS directed the NNS Pathfinder base on credible intelligence to conduct a convert operation in this area and the intelligence was based on the fact of illegality going on within this area.

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