The Nigerian Navy, Central Naval
Command, has arrested nine Nigerians and three Ghanaians on board a
vessel laden with crude oil suspected to have been stolen from Akassa
community in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
The suspects were arrested on Friday by
operatives of the Forward Operating Base of the Navy, known as FORMOSO,
offshore Nun River on board MT FRANKENSEN, allegedly loaded with over
1,092,000 litres of stolen crude oil.
