The Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, Operation Pulo Shield, on Friday said it has impounded a vessel laden with 1,500 metric tons of illegally refined automotive gas oil.

The spokesperson of the JTF, Ado Isa, a lieutenant colonel, told reporters at the task force’s headquarters in Yenagoa on Friday that the vessel registered as MV Europort was seized at Foropa waterways in Bayelsa.
Mr. Ado said operatives of the JTF on patrol duties at about 2.30 a.m. on June 2 arrested the vessel in Forropa creeks in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area in Bayelsa.

“The 2,000 metric tons capacity vessel was arrested by the JTF operatives patrol team following a tip off at about 02.30 hrs on 2 June, 2015,” Mr. Ado said.

“The vessel was discovered carrying 1,500 metric tons of illegally refined automotive gas oil. The suspects boarded a speed boat and sailed into the high sea on sighting the JTF troops.”

According to the JTF spokesperson, the vessel, stationed at Foropa creeks, is currently being guarded by the troops as efforts are intensified to apprehend the suspected oil thieves and crew of the vessel.
He said in another development, troops of the task force operating in Eleme at Port Harcourt seized a truck laden with 33,000 liters of suspected stolen crude.

Mr. Ado said the truck, with registration number Anambra 784 AWK, was arrested at Onne and destroyed with its contents.
The driver of the truck reportedly absconded on sighting the JTF troops.

“It is hoped that these arrests will discourage other intending criminals from any act of illegal oil related crimes which is a severe economic crime to our great country, Nigeria,” he said.

“Consequently, I beckon on the good people of Bayelsa and by extension, the Niger Delta to support the ‘Zero Tolerance Campaign’ of the JTF Commander, Maj.-Gen Emmanuel Atewe against oil theft and illegalities. We also solicit timely information from the people to enable the task force track miscreants in the Niger Delta region.”

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/south-south-regional/184418-jtf-seizes-vessel-carrying-1500-metric-tons-of-stolen-oil-in-bayelsa.html

1 out of many.... not good enough.

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As long at the resource owners are continually denied benefit of their resource, the situation will continue. Now they only need to restrategise and find other way of doing it.

#ResourceControl is the way out!

JTF looking for trouble.
Illegal mining going on daily in the north and nobody cares.

Buharimeter

New sheriff in town.

EFCC, NIMASA, Nigerian Army and now JTF every body seems to have suddenly woken up from a bad dream, who has heard of JTF in a long while on the news when the person is not going to any offshore location.

JTF stop disturbing people's business.

PointB:
As long at the resource owners are continually denied benefit of their resource, the situation will continue. Now they only need to restrategise and find other way of doing it.

#ResourceControl is the way out!

OboloMAN:
JTF looking for trouble.

Illegal mining going on daily in the north and nobody cares.

atlwireles:
JTF stop disturbing people's business.

^^^ See Criminals

...their clueless protector is gone...dem go dey catch

them anyhow now

fulanimafia:
^^^ See Criminals

Look at this slave, you are Fulani now Waiting for your Chadian moniker

atlwireles:


Look at this slave, you are Fulani now Waiting for your Chadian moniker

What are you on about?

OboloMAN:
JTF looking for trouble.

Illegal mining going on daily in the north and nobody cares.

of what

PointB:
As long at the resource owners are continually denied benefit of their resource, the situation will continue. Now they only need to restrategise and find other way of doing it.

#ResourceControl is the way out!

Let them restrategize & find other means of doing it; JTF too will restrategize & find other means of intercepting & killing those roaches stealing from Nigeria.

Power has changed hands and Its no longer business as usual.

Sai Buhari

"Mr. Ado said the truck, with registration number Anambra 784 AWK, was arrested at Onne and destroyed with its contents". The plate number is AN 784 AWK. Nonsense


So our illegal crude oil have roots in Bayelsa (homes of former dictator civilian president and minister of petroleum resources)

OboloMAN:
JTF looking for trouble.

Illegal mining going on daily in the north and nobody cares.

smh

This is a good development because we all know MAdam SHEPOPOTEMUS is behind this economic leakage !!!

9jatriot:
EFCC, NIMASA, Nigerian Army and now JTF every body seems to have suddenly woken up from a bad dream, who has heard of JTF in a long while on the news when the person is not going to any offshore location.

Include NDLEA in that....na wa o.......whoever said leadership is not important.....can go and die....

These same JTF connive with illegal bunkers to steal oil..........spare us abeg!

Local refinery

End of impunity.
Thank God for change. Nobody is above the law even if oil is gotten from your anus

PointB:
As long at the resource owners are continually denied benefit of their resource, the situation will continue. Now they only need to restrategise and find other way of doing it.

#ResourceControl is the way out!

How can you claim ownership of resources found on Nigerian territorial land and sea? Go and read the Constitution, if can read.

Zoharariel:


Let them restrategize & find other means of doing it; JTF too will restrategize & find other means of intercepting & killing those roaches stealing from Nigeria.

Power has changed hands and Its no longer business as usual.

Yet those same miscreants or militant thugs want to be paid monthly allowance to continue stealing oil, vandalize pipeline, degrade and pollute their own environment. Time for this no nonsense government to stop those payments and deal ruthlessly with those criminals.