 To combat illegal bonkering, which has been identified as a form of economic sabotage, the Nigerian Navy forward operating bays in Bonny and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC have reiterated their resolve to deploy all necessary measures to checkmate the ugly trend in Nigeria's territorial waters. In furtherance of this, the Nigerian Navy handed over two vessels, MT Bright Hope and MV Johanna, it arrested along the Bonny Channel to the EFCC. Commanding officer of the Nigerian Navy for the operating bays, Bonny, Captain Rafiu and Lade Johsens, both vessels were arrested on Wednesday, July 14 in Saturday, September 10, 2021, respectively, for their involvement in crude oil theft, possession of illegally refined automotive gas oil, AGL. It is very disturbing that this vessel, MT Bright Hope, was arrested with over 1,300,000 litres of crude oil stolen. You all know what this could translate to in Nigeria. The same vessel, in some of its compartments, was arrested with over 62,000 litres of stolen AGL. Captain Lade Johsens' MV Johanna II, which was identified as a supply vessel for the Nigerian flag with 12 crew members, was arrested by his operatives at the Bonny Fairway Boy, with 394,000 litres of AGL, without the Nigerian Navy approval and with its automatic identification system switched off. On his spot, representative of the EFCC, Arasa Shaka, said investigations would be conducted to ascertain the offences leveled against them, while prosecution will follow afterwards. The Nigerian Navy in particular, which I represent, has ensured that using available platforms that is both in the right mix and with the necessary guidance from the leadership of the Navy has ensured that it will continually destroy this illegal refining site so that it will prevent the perpetrators from regrouping and from continuing with the practice. Over the years, we've been expressing a lot of convictions of vessels, boats, arrested vessels and Yahoo Yahoo cases. So this is not the first vessel we are taking over. In due course, you'll get to hear the updates of this one. Captain Referee restates the vision of the current Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awal Gambo, to deploy all necessary measures to curb economic sabotage. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.