Tantita Security Limited and Nigerian National Petroleum Company agents set fire to a vessel carrying 150,000 litres of stolen crude oil in Delta State.
Holab Maritime Services Limited is said to own the vessel, MT TURA II (IMO Number:6620462) with the registration number RC 813311.
The tanker was carrying crude oil from Nigeria to Cameroon when it was apprehended on Saturday, July 7, with 11 Nigerians and one Ghanaian on board.
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Tantita Executive Director on Technical Operations, Capt. Warredi Enisuoh, told reporters that the government made the decision to destroy the vessel quickly.
He said, “the whole idea of destroying the vessel is to send a strong message to all would-be investors that this is what they’re to face if they tow this type of business.”
Enisuoh warned illegal bunkerers and their sponsors that the government and security forces will do everything possible to bring them to justice.
According to news sources, personnel from the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Airforce, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, and the Delta State Government were on the ground during the vessel’s burning.
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