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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