EFCC Arrests 12 Oil Theft Suspects At Onne Port

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, says it has intercepted five oil tankers belonging to 12 suspected illegal oil dealers at the Nigeria Port Authority (NPA), Onne, Rivers State.
The Head of Media and Publicity, EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, made this known in an interview with newsmen in his office in Port Harcourt, at the weekend.
Uwujaren said that the suspects were arrested by EFCC operatives last Tuesday at the seaport.
He said the suspects were arrested following intelligence report linking them to illegal bunkering activities in the area.
According to him, “the suspects were arrested based on some verified intelligence linking them with suspicious illegal dealing in petroleum products and selling same to unsuspecting members of the public as genuine products from their tank farm.”
He assured that the suspects would be prosecuted in a competent court of law as soon as investigations were concluded.
He listed the suspects to include, “Sunday Ogbuji, Okereke Henry; Chijoke Sunday Sunshine; Anayo Egwatu; Nnana Jonah; Tambari Doneh; Atoyebi Taye; Baba Emmanuel; Chigozie Ikemefula; Uba Promise, Ekibor Ekele and Ikechukwu Christian, were arrested alongside five oil Tankers with Registration Numbers: DEG 54XS; BND 401 ZN; BGM 140 XA, UGH 553 XR and AKD 238 XS”.

By: Tonye Nria-Dappa