Navy arrests fraudulent shipping agent, clears personnel of misconduct

The Nigerian Navy said it has arrested and handed implicit a suspected fraudulent shipping agent, Mr Nsikak Sunday Ekpo, to the Nigeria Police Force Criminal Investigation Department, CID, successful Calabar for further probe and imaginable prosecution.

It said the apprehension followed a directive from Naval Headquarters aft a ailment received done the Ministry of Foreign Affairs alleging that a sum of 4 100 1000 naira was paid to Nigerian Navy unit to supply information for Motor Vessel CHIMBA Express, a Cameroonian-registered vas operating wrong the Calabar Channel.

A connection signed by Captain Folorunsho, Director, Naval Information, said that the allegation was linked to an incidental connected 22 December 2025 erstwhile unit of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Victory, NNS OSE and Forward Operating Base (FOB) IBAKA responded to a distress telephone involving a occurrence outbreak onboard the vessel.

It said that the swift and coordinated effect of the Nigerian Navy led to the palmy rescue of the vas and its crew.

It said that subsequently, claims emerged suggesting that naval unit received outgo for information services and abandoned the vas without refund.

However, the Navy said a broad probe by the Nigerian Navy ...