‘Rising crude theft depleting revenue, crippling environment’

By Nurudeen Oyewole

The New Nigeria Foundation (NNF), a civil environmental group focusing on crude oil theft in Niger/Delta, has raised the alarm that the rising crude theft in the region is massively depleting the country’s revenue base and crippling the environment.

NFF Senior Programmes Manager Mrs. Olayide Adesanya told newsmen in Lagos that crude theft had become a hydra-headed monster crippling the socio-economic, environment and economy of the country.

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Source: dailytrust.com.ng

Navy hands over suspected oil thieves to EFCC

The Deputy Zonal Head of the Uyo Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Alex Ebbah, on April 8, 2019, led a team of operatives to the Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB) Ibaka, Mbo Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, to take over of a large wooden boat used in conveying 501 drums of petroleum products suspected to be Automotive Gas Oil, AGO.

At the time of arrest, eight crew members were onboard the wooden engine boat along with the 300 litre in 501drums, which were used in conveying the product.

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Source: thenewsnigeria.com.ng

New Joint Task Force Commander In The Niger Delta Promises Oil Thieves ‘No Mercy, Tough Time’

The operatives of Joint Task Force nicknamed ‘Operation Delta Safe’ say the task force stationed in the Niger Delta will show no mercy for oil thieves and other criminals in the region.

Speaking on Sunday during the handover ceremony at the headquarters of the OPDS, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state, Real Admiral Akinjide Akinrinade, the new Commander of ODD who took over from Real Admiral Apochi Suleiman, promised criminal elements in the region that tough time awaits them.

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Source: saharareporters.com

Oil theft: JTF, surveillance contractors intensify crackdown, seize vessels

By Samuel Oyadongha

RESIDENTS of Bayelsa State coastal communities have lauded the collaboration between the Joint Task Force, JTF, deployed to the Niger Delta and surveillance contractors for tackling oil theft.

This came on the heels of a joint operation by troops of the JTF in the region and a local surveillance group which resulted in the seizure of a tugboat and a barge laden with over 200,000 litres of suspected stolen crude off the Atlantic coast of Akassa.

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Source: vanguardngr.com

Nigerian Navy detains ship for ‘suspicious movement’

By Godspower Edoza

The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder on Tuesday said its operatives arrested a motor tanker, MT Arowolo, over the vessel’s alleged ‘suspicious movement’ around Onne Anchorage in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State.

The navy said the anchorage was known in security circles as a notorious zone for illegal activities by oil thieves.

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Source: shipsandports.com.ng

“JTF Operations Increases Oil Production Output To 2m Barrel Per Day”

By OSA OKHOMINA YENAGOA

Authorities of the Joint Task Force (JTF) code named Operation Delta Safe, a special security outfit, fighting criminalities in the Niger Delta region, weekend disclosed that some of its operations led to a huge increase of daily oil production from 900bpd to over two million currently being explored in the region.

The Commander of the JTF, Operation Delta Safe (OPDS), Rear Admiral Suleiman Apochi, who made this at the weekend in Yenagoa while receiving an award of excellence from the Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), inoted that when he took over more than two years ago, militancy and vandalism had cut oil production by about a third.

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Source: leadership.ng

Maritime crimes: 80 vessels arrested in 3 years – Naval Chief

PHILIP NWOSU

The Nigerian Navy said it arrested over 80 vessels within the last three years for various maritime offences including oil theft.

The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ette Ibas, disclosed this at the closing ceremony of the multi-national annual maritime exercise code-named OBANGAME EXPRESS 2019, saying that the vessels were arrested for various acts of maritime illegalities.

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Source: sunnewsonline.com

Crude Oil Theft: JTF Takes Over Six Suspects, Seven Boats From Navy

Sylvester Idowu

The Joint Task Force (JTF) codenamed Operation Delta Safe (OPDS) has taken over six suspected oil thieves and seven loaded Cotonou boats from the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS Delta), Warri, for further investigation.

During the handing over ceremony at the NNS Delta’s base in Warri, its Commander, Commodore Ibrahim Dewu disclosed that the suspects were arrested with products believed to be illegally refined diesel, also known as AGO, estimated to be 540,000 liters.

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Source: thisdaylive.com

Navy 2018 score card: 340 suspects arrested over alleged maritime offences

…277,040 crude oil, 23.1m litres AGO,1.2m DPK, lost to illegal refining …46 vessels arrested

By Evelyn Usman

One of the ills bedeviling the security space of the country’s coastline has been the scourge of maritime crimes such as piracy , sea robbery , crude oil theft , bunkering , insurgency and hostage taking.

Often times , Nigerians are daunted with news of criminal elements who hide under the veneer of these maritime crimes to inflict untold emotional and psychological trauma on innocent and defenseless sailors.

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Source: vanguardngr.com