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Court convicts two for crude oil theft in Rivers

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Port Harcourt zonal office, on Thursday secured the conviction of Oghenovo Emmanuel and Abdullahi Hassan Bika at the Federal High Court for illegal dealing on petroleum products.

Emmanuel was prosecuted and convicted on on one-count charge bordering on illegal dealing on petroleum product.He was said to have on 29th November 2019, around Sambreino River, Rivers State, appropriated license deal on petroleum product to himself and committed an offence contrary to Section 1 of the Miscellaneous Offences Act.The prosecution lawyer, M .T Iko tendered some documents and urged the court to convict the defendants accordingly.

The lawyer to the defendants, R. U. Oyiwona, prayed the court to temper justice with mercy saying they were breadwinners to their families.

 

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