
The suspects
By Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt
The Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has commenced investigation of 11 suspected oil bunkerers handed over to it by the Nigerian Navy.
The suspects were handed over to the EFCC on Monday, September 28, 2020 by the Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base, Bonny, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, after being arrested for suspected involvement in illegal oil bunkering.
In press Statement signed by Wilson Uwujaren , head of Media Publicity of EFCC, Captain B.I Yahuza, while handing over the suspects to the EFCC , for further investigation, disclosed that they were arrested by Naval operatives on September 22, 2020 for conveying 320 drums of product suspected to be illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil( AGO).
The 11 suspects are: Indongesit Effiong Mfon; Asuquo James; Samuel Bassey; Blessed Effiong Bassey; Victor Edet Attah; Edet Okon; Nse Jackson Okon; Innocent Effiong; Njok Okon, Uduak Asuquo and Effiong Asuquo.
A Principal Detective Superintendent of the EFCC, Ani Davis Stanley, received the suspects on behalf of the Port Harcourt Zonal Head, Abdulkarim Chukkol. He commended the synergy existing between the Navy and the EFCC and assured that thorough investigation of the case would be done.
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I will repeat it again that Wike is a noise maker, this guys needs to be squeeze very well, I bet there should be heavy weight in Wike’s government behind them, Wike lacks integrity, don’t look as a honest governor, you will vindicate me very soon, Wike knows much about this illegal bunkering, WATCH!
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