Navy

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Navy Urges Sustained Fight Against Illegal Oil Refining (Leadership Newspaper)

Dewu said the campaign against illegal refining and pipeline vandalism being carried out by Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder, was part of “Exercise ...

Commander of Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder, Commodore Suleiman Ibrahim, said the operation would be sustained despite efforts by the bunkerers to regroup after their sites have been dismantled. Dewu said the campaign against illegal refining and pipeline vandalism being carried out by Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder, was part of “Exercise Dakatar Da Barawo” recently launched by the Navy to eliminate crude oil theft and illegal bunkering in the Niger Delta region and the nation at large. The Nigerian Navy has called on its personnel to sustain the tempo on the fight against illegal refining and pipeline vandalism within the Niger Delta region.

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Captain Owen, Nigerian Navy, and the shame of a country (TheCable)

To say it wasn't foreseen would be, for one, an excessive indulgence in self-denial. Last month's compulsory retirement of Captain Emmanuel Ekpe Owen of the ...

In his petition to President Muhammadu Buhari in December 2019, Owen recalled of Ibas: “His looks and attitude towards me were strange and unfriendly when I told him that the development could land the ship in trouble and also an embarrassment to the Nigerian Navy”. But Owen opposed the trial because due process was not followed, and so it was stood down. It’s a measure of the extent of systemic rot in which a sense of consequence for wrongdoing is heartbreakingly absent. One day, the payment file was mistakenly sent to the ship’s secretariat, and while flipping through Owen discovered that although the 45 naval staff on the ship were paid their allowances, money was collected for the original 85 that took the first trip. As supply officer, he was responsible for feeding and catering to the administrative needs of the ship’s complement of 85 personnel comprising 12 officers and 73 ratings. And in the end, through sordid connivance of state apparatchik, it’s the ones asking the questions and demanding that things be done the right way for the good of society whose fingers get severely burnt on the open flame grill.

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Capt. Owen, Nigerian Navy, and the shame of a country, By Godwin ... (Premium Times)

The experience of Owen will not encourage anyone in the military to join the war against widespread corruption in the country.

In his petition to President Muhammadu Buhari in December 2019, Owen recalled of Ibas: “His looks and attitude towards me were strange and unfriendly when I told him that the development could land the ship in trouble and also (become) an embarrassment to the Nigerian Navy.” This meant that Ibas received money for the 40 staff who were dropped when the ship returned to Nigeria, which was wrong. One day, the payment file was mistakenly sent to the ship’s secretariat, and while flipping through, Owen discovered that although the 45 naval staff on the ship were paid their allowances, money was collected for the original 85 who took the first trip. It’s a measure of the extent of a systemic rot in which a sense of consequence for wrongdoing is heartbreakingly absent. And in the end, through a sordid connivance of state apparatchik, it’s the ones asking the questions and demanding that things be done the right way for the good of society, whose fingers get severely burnt on the open flame grill. Last month’s compulsory retirement of Captain Emmanuel Ekpe Owen of the Nigerian Navy marked yet another act of horrendous injustice that has become more of a permanent feature in both public and private sector governance in the country.

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