The Nigerian Navy Task Force has arrested
five foreign nationals, who allegedly
specialised in conveying petroleum
products from pipeline vandals to Benin
Republic, have been arrested in Badagry
area of Lagos State. The suspects, comprising four teenagers
from Benin Republic and a 50-year-old
Ghanaian, were reportedly arrested while
conveying 113 50-litre jerrycans filled with
petroleum products. Administration Officer, NNS Beecroft,
Apapa, Commander Hyacynth Nwaka, while
parading the suspects before journalists,
weekend, said operatives of the Task Force
at Atlas Cove, acting on a tip-off,
intercepted the suspects at 3.30a.m. and brought them to the base for further
investigation. The suspects claimed they were fishermen
based in Seme area of Lagos. One of them, Andre Tougene, a secondary
school student in BeninRepublic, told
Vanguard that they were instructed by
some persons to convey the product to
Seme, where it would be sold to buyers for
onward transportation to BeninRepublic. He claimed to have been tempted by the
N4,000 payment he was to get. The 50-year-old Ghanaian, Nabroda Ajete,
said a friend of his told him to bring 30
empty jerrycans to the shore. And that he
didn’t know they were going to be used to
siphon petroleum products. The suspects, according to Commander
Nwaka, would be handed over to the police.
He said that the fate of the one that
claimed to be 15 years would be determined
by the Police. [Vanguard]
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