The
Nigeria Navy has dismissed three of its personnel and sentenced them to
five months imprisonment over alleged theft of equipment belonging to
ex-freedom fighter, High Chief Oweizide Government Ekpemupolo, alias
Tompolo. The Commander of the Nigeria Navy Ship, NNS Delta in Warri,
Commodore Ibrahim Dewu disclosed this in a chat with newsmen shortly
after de-kitting the Naval personnel. The dismissed Naval personnel
include: Petty Officer Ekong Samuel, Leading Seaman Elijah Sagwada and
Seaman Usman Shuaibu. The dismissed Naval personnel were on guard duty
where they were arrested in June this year over alleged theft of
properties confiscated at a Ship Yard in Warri.
The
Navy Court Martial has handed the dismissed Naval personnel over to the
Nigerian Prisons Service, Okere, Warri for the continuation of their
jail term. The Commander NNS Delta, Commodore Ibrahim Dewu said the
Nigerian Navy will not condone acts of indiscipline, neither will it
protect any of its officers or rating found wanting. He noted that the
dismissal and sentencing of the erring personnel was done in accordance
with standard Navy rules, stressing that, they were not summarily.
