The Nigerian Navy made a shocking discovery on Nigerian waters recentl...it was discovered that illegal oil bunkerers convert Fishing trawlers into Oil tankers.
The converted ships, according to the Navy, now venture into the creeks and rivers in the Niger Delta disguised as fishing trawlers to lift stolen crude oil. Command Operations Officer, Central Naval Command, Commodore Emmanuel Enemor, disclosed that the confession obtained from the captain of one of the seized vessels showed that fishing trawler were now being converted to motor tanker for the purpose of illegal bunkering.
According to him, the captain of a seized vessel, MV DALAL, caught last week, confessed to the illegal lifting of 120,000 litres of diesel from illegal refineries at the Akassa creeks in the state.he further stated that this has been going on for a long time now and some of these Oil thieves connive with foreign companies to steal the 'black gold'.
The Navy has now promised to tighten security on Nigerian waters, properly inspecting and searching all ships both those arriving and departing.
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