The Nigerian Navy Ship Beecroft says it found an unlawful gasoline depot with about 6,5000 litres of Automative Gasoline Oil in Lekki, Lagos State.
The depot was found at No 3 SilverBird Street, Ilasun Lekki, on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 and 5 suspects had been arrested.
In keeping with an announcement launched on Tuesday, the chief of the syndicate, Ahmed Ariyo, alongside 4 different individuals had been arrested in a non-public condominium the place they carried out their unlawful actions.
The Commander NNS Beecroft, Commodore Rafiu Oladejo, was quoted within the assertion, as saying that the whole merchandise found are estimated to be about N89 million based mostly on the present value of AGO N1,350.
The assertion learn, “The Nigerian Navy Ship Neecroft has found an unlawful gasoline depot and arrested 5 suspects at No 3 SilverBird Street, Ilasun Lekki, on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. The chief of the syndicate, Ahmed Ariyo, alongside 4 different individuals was arrested in a non-public condominium the place they perform their unlawful actions.
“The invention of the unlawful gasoline depot was sequel to credible intelligence obtained by NNS Beecroft on suspicious actions going down at Elegushi seashore. This necessitated the deployment of NNS Beecroft Fast Response Staff to the placement which resulted within the discovery and arrest of the suspects.
“The unlawful gasoline depot comprises eight storage tanks of fifty,000 litres capability every, laden with about 57,000 litres of AGO; a tanker laden with about 7,000 litres; a bus with 30 jerry cans laden with about 1,500 litres. The overall product found is about 65,000 litres of AGO which is estimated to be about N89 million based mostly on the present value of AGO N1,350.
“Whereas estimating the whole capability of the storage facility discovered within the condominium, the eight storage tanks if stuffed to capability with AGO will likely be about 400,000 litres which is roughly N500 million.”
The commodore additionally disclosed that the suspects probably bought the merchandise via “pipeline vandalism, unlawful distributors at sea in addition to different unlawful means alongside the shoreline .
“Commodore Oladejo reiterated that NNS BEECROFT is not going to relent in its efforts to pursue oil thieves and different prison components as directed by the Chief of Naval Workers, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ikechukwu, ”
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