Navy uncovers illegal oil-bunkering depot in Lagos, makes three arrests

In the fight to curb the illegal activities of oil-bunkers in the country, the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Beecroft Apapa, yesterday, arrested no fewer than three suspects operating an illegal Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) also known as Diesel, worth over N500 million, at Ariyo Street, Jakande, off Lekki area of Lagos State. However, the Navy has since handed over the investigation, alongside suspects, and recovered product to the Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). According to findings, the suspects who operate under an unregistered company called, ‘Ahmed Ariyo and Sons Nigeria Limited’, have been running the illegal AGO depot as a family business, for approximately five years, with Mr Ahmed Ariyo as the prime suspect, alongside his two sisters (name undisclosed) and other suspects still at large. Preliminary investigation by the Commander, NNS Beecroft, Commodore Rafiu Oladejo, further disclosed that the illegal deports if filled could house products worth over N500 million.