The Nigerian Navy has sealed a tank farm in Calabar, Cross River State, suspected to be storing illegally-refined diesel.
The Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship Victory, Commodore Rotimi Oderemi, disclosed this at a information convention on Tuesday in Calabar.
He said that the tank farm was recognized following an intelligence report from the navy’s joint process power within the South-South codenamed “Operation Delta Protected’’.
“Primarily based on the report, the tank farm was sealed and samples of the suspected illegally-refined diesel had been taken for laboratory evaluation.
“Investigation is on-going. I counsel enterprise homeowners and tank farm operators to function inside the confines of the regulation by acquiring obligatory approvals for his or her operations,’’ Oderemi mentioned.
reporter stories that on February 24, a joint operation by the Nigerian and Cameroonian navies led to the interception of a vessel laden with 30,000 litres of crude oil suspected to have been stolen from Nigeria.
He instructed newsmen that on the inspection of the vessel at Ibaka in Mbo Native Authorities Space of Akwa Ibom, the vessel, MV Jasmine, was intercepted by a Nigerian Navy patrol boat, NNS Ekulu.
“Upon noticing NNS Ekulu, the suspected vessel proceeded to the worldwide waters between Nigeria and Cameroon, simply as NNS Ekulu was in its sizzling pursuit.
“Ensuing from our collaboration and with the help of the Cameroonian Navy, the vessel was intercepted and delivered to Ibaka with eight Nigerians on board,’’ he mentioned.
