Operatives of the Nigerian Navy, Central
Naval Command, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State are quizzing nine men for being in possession
of a vessle loaded with 66,000 barrels of oil.
The vessel, MT Dera 1, belonging to an
oil exploration and production company, was said to have gone to the Eremor field
for product testing, but was later discovered to have illegally loaded 66,000
barrels (11 million litres) of substance suspected to be crude oil.
Commanding Officer of the base, Commodore Salisu
Jubril, revealed that the 66,000 barrels of oil, was worth over N1bn.
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