Oil theft: Navy returns stolen crude-laden vessels to owners in Bayelsa

The Nigerian Navy on Friday returned a merchant tanker vessel, MV TIS IV, and a  Barge Podium held for complicity in oil theft to their owners in compliance with a court judgement.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the court had convicted the crew and ruled that the stolen crude be forfeited to the federal government while the vessels be returned to their owners.