The vessel allegedly owned by a Nigerian registered company, was heading to Cameroon with the cargo onboard when it was apprehended at an offshore location with the captain and crew members onboard, and was set ablaze by a military helicopter.
According to the Executive Director of Operations and Technical at Tantita Security, Captain Warred Enisuoh and the Commander of the Joint Task Force, Operation Delta Safe, Rear Admiral Olusegun Ferreira, the oil cargo was illegally sourced from a well-jacketed offshore in Ondo State with no valid documentation at the time of the arrest.
The said vessel had operated in secrecy for the last twelve years.
The discovery was the latest in the series of findings by the Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, a security outfit owned by former militant leader Government Ekpemepulo also known as Tompolo and contracted by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited.
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