The Nigerian Navy has arrested Motor Tanker SAISNIL2- with about 720,000 Liters of Crude Oil Sludge allegedly stolen from an oil facility in the Niger Delta region.
The ship which was allegedly arrested around 199 nautical miles off Lagos coast was later brought to Lagos where the captain, the Chief Engineer and others are being interrogated.
It was gathered that the Captain of the ship had deliberately turned off the Automatic Identification System, which is a grievous infraction within the nation’s maritime domain.
Commander of Nigerian Navy Ship, BEECROFT, Commodore Kolawole Oguntuga, while confirming the arrest, said the ship had eleven crew men onboard as at the time of arrest.
He also explained that the activities of a vessel cannot be determined when the Automatic Identification System is turned off and it is during such occasions that illegalities are perpetrated.
