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Nine Foreigners Bag Five Years Jail Term For Illegal Oil Bunkering by ENIGMA11(m): 12:18pm On Dec 20, 2015 |
Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High
Court, Lagos today December 15,
convicted and sentenced nine foreigners
alongside their vessel for illegal oil
bunkering. The convicts, arraigned by the
Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, on June 18, 2015
were found guilty on a 4-count charge
that bordered on conspiracy and illegal oil
bunkering.
The convicts are five Bangladeshi and
four Filipinos. They are Axel Joseph Gibo
Jabone, MD Zahirul Islam, Juanto
Camireno Infantado, Suarin Fernando
Alave, Gatila Jaypee Gadayan, Islam
Shahinul, Islam Rafiqul, Shaikh Shibli
Nomany and Rolando Jose Comendador.
The vessel is MT Asteris.
Justice Buba found the nine persons
guilty on a four-count charge and
accordingly convicted and sentenced
them to five years imprisonment on each
of the count. The sentences are to run
concurrently.
However, Justice Buba gave each of the
convicts an option of N20 million fine on
the four counts.
Justice Buba also ordered that the vessel,
MT Asteris and cargo on board be
forfeited to the Federal Government of
Nigeria.
MT Asteris and the crew members were
intercepted by Nigerian Navy Ship
Beecroft during a routine operation in the
Nigeria waters on March 28, 2015 with
3423.097 Metric Tons of Crude Oil
without lawful authority or appropriate
license, an offence contrary to Section 1
(19)(6)of the Miscellaneous Offences Act
Cap M17, Laws of the Federation of
Nigeria 2004 and punishable under
Section 17 of the same Act.
Upon interception, Captain of the vessel
claimed that the vessel was not carrying
any product but further investigation by
the Commission revealed that the vessel
was carrying petroleum product without
the relevant documents indicating where
the product was lifted and its destination.
In a related development, Justice Buba
also convicted and sentenced Alakinde
Wale and Boniface Onuabuchi to two
years imprisonment on a five count
charge bordering on conspiracy and
dealing in petroleum product without
lawful authority. The convicts were said
to have in June 2014 conspired among
themselves to commit an offence of
dealing in premium motor spirit without
lawful authority or appropriate licence.
Justice Buba also gave the convicts an
option of N500,000 fine on each of the
five count but ordered that the vessel, MV
Zahra and the cargo on board be
forfeited to the Federal government of
Nigeria.
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Re: Nine Foreigners Bag Five Years Jail Term For Illegal Oil Bunkering by agarawu23(m): 12:19pm On Dec 20, 2015 |
Good for them Them go know say "kaaki no be leather" This na Nigeria prison o, una go chop 'ewa' tire |
Re: Nine Foreigners Bag Five Years Jail Term For Illegal Oil Bunkering by dhummystecah(f): 12:31pm On Dec 20, 2015 |
Good but what about the others |
Re: Nine Foreigners Bag Five Years Jail Term For Illegal Oil Bunkering by Visocrate(m): 12:31pm On Dec 20, 2015 |
yes Mamamandubugari you are warking seriasly walahi |
Re: Nine Foreigners Bag Five Years Jail Term For Illegal Oil Bunkering by TedBaker(m): 12:32pm On Dec 20, 2015 |
Is there any oil bunkering that is legal |
Re: Nine Foreigners Bag Five Years Jail Term For Illegal Oil Bunkering by Nobody: 12:38pm On Dec 20, 2015 |
K |
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