At the point of arrest the convicts had 1,495 metric tons of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) on board a vessel.
Following the arrest of seven illegal oil dealers by the Nigerian Navy on the 19th February, 2014 along the Lagos Waters.
The convicts Adedamola Ogungbayi, Olaniran Olabode, Surajo Gasali, Moses Emmanuel, Wilson Bonsi, Okaparaodi Omaka Uche, Onyeogo Happy, have been sentenced to 10 years each in jail by Justice O.E Abang of the Federal High Court Lagos yesterday 30 October 2015.
According to reports, at the point of arrest they had 1,495 metric tons of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) on board a vessel.
The felons were
sentenced on five counts of illegal oil bunkering and dealing in
petroleum products without lawful authority or licence.
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