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Navy seizes 100,000 litres stolen crude oil in Ondo

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The Nigerian Navy on Thursday intercepted a boat carrying 100,000 litres of stolen crude oil at the Idiogba-Mahin coastline in Ilaje local government area of Ondo State.

The Commanding Officer of the Forward Operating Base (FOB), Igbokoda, Capt. Aliyu Usman, told journalists during an assessment visit to the site that the naval team acted on credible intelligence and immediately deployed its Quick Response Team to the coastline.

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He added that the team intercepted the wooden boat loaded with stolen crude oil along with discharge hoses and pumping machines used for bunkering.

Usman said: “In the process, the team intercepted a large wooden boat laden with about 100,000 litres of stolen crude oil, alongside associated accessories such as discharge hoses and pumping machines.

“The perpetrators fled on sighting the naval team, but the arrested boat was thereafter secured.

“Accordingly, a sample of the crude oil was taken for an appropriate laboratory test while the boat and the product were handled in line with extant directives.”

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