MT TIS IV: EFCC Grills 22 Seafarers In Port Harcourt

Twenty two seafarers and a vessel:  MT. TIS IV handed over to the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the EFCC by the Nigeria Navy are being quizzed in connection with alleged illegal dealing in petroleum products.

 

This was contained in the office website of the EFCC on Monday 10, January 2022.

 

The suspects, arrested by the Nigerian Naval Ship, (NNS) Soroh,  Naval Base, Camp Porbeni, Yenagoa along Akassa Rivers,  Bayelsa State, on December 6, 2021 and handed over to the EFCC on Friday,  January 7,  2022.

 

They  include: Levi Jonathan;  Eze Kenneth;  Enemari Peter James;  Sunday Ereku;  Emmanuel Ogbonna; Timi Amos;  Fatai Kareem;  Chuks Egbo, Tony Atawo and  Saviour Martin.

 

Others are:  Yoosu Alex;  Isac Iboro;  Bassey Okon;  Kingsley Edet; Taye Poto;  Saturday Sobere;  Alfred Atiemie;  Owei Ibolo; Felix Onome;  Odus Osita, Etim Edet and Mudashird Tarheed.

Similarly, the EFCC in continuation of the review of its operational activities for 2021 recovered the aggregate sum of N152, 088,698,751.64,  $386,220,202.84 , £1, 182,519.75 , €156,246.76, 1,723,310.00 Saudi Riyal, 1,900.00 South African Rand, and 1, 400.00 Canadian Dollar between January and December 2021.

The recovery basket also included a digital currency component with 5, 36957319 Bitcoin and 0.09012 Ethereum.

Recall that the Commission also recorded conviction of 2, 220 across the commands in the same year under review.

The Abdulrasheed Bawa led management of the EFCC has assured that there is no hiding place for the looters of the nation’s treasury

 

 

 

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Caption:

Navy Officers handing over the documents involving the  suspected oil thieves to officers of EFCC in Port  Harcourt