{"id":100237,"date":"2026-09-14T19:07:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T19:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=100237"},"modified":"2026-09-14T19:07:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T19:07:41","slug":"dss-secures-10-year-jail-term-without-fine-for-9-crude-oil-thieves-arrested-with-navy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=100237","title":{"rendered":"DSS Secures 10-Year Jail Term Without Fine for 9 Crude Oil Thieves Arrested With Navy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"xngnso2 x1s688f x1i21sxh xhacrq1 x1iykcro xhbfen4 x1fie51u xgyxj25 xkyrhof x1fv8qjw xdj266r xr4q486 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xqsupf2 xrxpjvj\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 15px;\">The Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has convicted and sentenced nine of the 19 persons arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) for crude oil theft.<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"x1hpqcdg x1ekroe6 xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 xkyrhof x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw x1tbvfm1 xb72syl x1iew0xx x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\">Delivering judgment on Monday, the presiding judge, Justice Joy Ikpeme, found the nine defendants guilty on a two-count charge of conspiracy and tampering with an oil pipeline, contrary to Section 1(7) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x1hpqcdg x1ekroe6 xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 xkyrhof x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw x1tbvfm1 xb72syl x1iew0xx x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\">Justice Ikpeme sentenced the convicts to five years\u2019 imprisonment on the first count and 10 years on the second count, with no option of a fine. The sentences are to run concurrently.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x1hpqcdg x1ekroe6 xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 xkyrhof x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw x1tbvfm1 xb72syl x1iew0xx x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\">The convicts were among 19 suspects arrested earlier in the year following an intelligence-led operation conducted jointly by the Nigerian Navy and the DSS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x1hpqcdg x1ekroe6 xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 xkyrhof x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw x1tbvfm1 xb72syl x1iew0xx x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\">The suspects were apprehended while allegedly stealing crude oil from an oil wellhead identified as ASABO-D in Ibeno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x1hpqcdg x1ekroe6 xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 xkyrhof x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw x1tbvfm1 xb72syl x1iew0xx x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\">A security source described the conviction as another milestone in the Navy\u2019s sustained campaign against crude oil theft and illegal bunkering activities across Nigeria\u2019s maritime and riverine areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x1hpqcdg x1ekroe6 xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 xkyrhof x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw x1tbvfm1 xb72syl x1iew0xx x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\">According to the source, such activities have continued to deprive the country of vital oil revenue while causing significant environmental damage to host communities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x1hpqcdg x1ekroe6 xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 xkyrhof x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw x1tbvfm1 xb72syl x1iew0xx x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\">\u201cThe conviction marks another milestone in the Navy&#8217;s sustained campaign against crude oil theft and illegal bunkering activities along Nigeria&#8217;s maritime and riverine areas, which have continued to drain the nation&#8217;s oil revenue and damage the environment in host communities,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has convicted and sentenced nine of the 19 persons arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) for crude oil theft. Delivering judgment on Monday, the presiding judge, Justice Joy Ikpeme, found the nine defendants guilty on a two-count charge of conspiracy and tampering with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":95259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=100237"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100238,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100237\/revisions\/100238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/95259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=100237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=100237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=100237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}