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Login: Password: Forum | Make a Journal Entry | View Journal Entries | Submit An Article | Make as StartPage Homepage Register Forgot password News Business Politics Sport City Diary Features Special Report Behind The News Art & Review Editorial Comment Letters Right Of Reply e-Business Law & Judiciary REAL ESTATE Education Development THISDAY Extra THISDAY Saturday THISDAY Sunday ARCHIVE     LINKS City Guides Hotels Business Exhibition Business Services Nigerian.TV Capital Markets Shops Domains WEB HOSTING Family Trees E-Africa.info E-Nigeria.net FlightsSearch.net MailingBox.net Payments   ThisDay question Is President Olusegun Obasanjo's proposed National Dialogue the way forward for Nigeria? Yes No Indifferent View results Missing Vessel:CNS Aware Vessel Remained Under Navy Custody - Agbiti By Abimbola Akosile and Oghenekevwe Laba, 12.15.2004 Rear-Admiral Francis Agbiti, 2nd accused officer in an on-going trial of three top Admirals in the Nigerian Navy, yesterday told a military court that Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice-Admiral Samuel Afolayan, was fully aware of the fact that the missing oil bunkering vessel, MT African Pride, was still under Navy custody as recently as   this year. The allegation, made by Agbiti, while testifying in his own defense at trial courtroom in Officers� Mess, 81st Division, Nigerian Army, Ikoyi, Lagos, ran counter to Afolayan�s January 29 directive that all arrested vessels be handed over to Nigeria Police, Ministry of Transport, and NNPC, for prosecution of crew and evacuation of vessels� contents. The officers on trial for alleged involvement in the disappearance of MT African Pride, are Rear Admiral Anthonio Bob-Manuel, Dep. Commandant Armed Forces Command & Staff College, Jaji, Rear Admiral Francis Agbiti, Chief of Training & Operations, Nigerian Navy, and Rear Admiral Samuel Kolawole, Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Western Naval Command. Speaking on issue of CNS�s awareness of vessel still remaining in naval custody despite his directive, Agbiti insisted that the FOCs had briefed Afolayan and all officers present at a Principal Staff Officers� meeting held in April in Abuja, on all arrested vessels and areas of responsibility. Agbiti, raising the allegation to counter the particulars of Count 5 in his charge sheet (wherein he was accused of giving CNS the impression that the vessel had been released to Police when it wasn�t true), said, �constantly, the CNS is briefed. Signals from commands where the vessels are arrested are sent to Naval Headquarters and circulated. CNS is briefed, CO Beecroft has testified how he briefed CNS when he comes to Lagos�.         REMAIN INFORMED WE SEND IT TO YOUR MAIL THISDAY NEWSLETTER Name E-Mail   Who We Are | THISDAY People | Contact Us © Copyright 2000-2004 Leaders & Company Limited This Site Created by White Pages Limited

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