Court Sentences 16 To Life For Adulterating Diesel

A Federal High Court in Calabar on Tuesday sentenced 16 persons to life imprisonment for adulterating about 100 tons of petroleum product suspected to be Automotive Gas Oil, also known as diesel.

The suspects were arrested on July 7, 2016 by the operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps along the Brass River in Bayelsa State while heading towards the sea on a vessel, MV ALEZZA LILAH.