Oil Thief Bags 3-year Jail Term In Rivers

• The accused was apprehended onboard a chartered service vessel marked MV Western Orient

A Federal High sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced one Job Wilfred to three years imprisonment.

Wilifred was sentenced on Thursday on one count bordering on illegal dealing in petroleum products – a charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

He was arraigned by the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the anti-graft agency following his arrested in 2019 by personnel of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder at Onne in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.

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The accused was apprehended onboard a chartered service vessel marked MV Western Orient, carrying 64 metric tons of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) without an appropriate licence.

The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge levelled against him and in view of his plea, the prosecution counsel, N. Dodo, urged the court to convict and sentence him accordingly.

In his ruling, Justice Isaq Sani convicted and sentenced the defendant to three years imprisonment, with an option of a fine of ₦500,000.

He, however, ordered that the vessel arrested along with the convict be released to the owner.

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