SaharaReporters gathered that the court order on the detention of the cargo, Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) Vessel Tamara Tokoni, followed an application by the First Bank of Nigeria over $225million debts.
The Federal High Court in Rivers State has ordered the Nigerian Navy to arrest and detain an oil vessel belonging to General Hydrocarbons Limited, a company promoted by Nduka Obaigbena, Chairman of the ThisDay Editorial Board.
SaharaReporters gathered that the court order on the detention of the cargo, Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) Vessel Tamara Tokoni, followed an application by the First Bank of Nigeria over $225million debts.
The court document titled: “Warrant of arrest and detention of (a) the cargo of crude oil on board the Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) Vessel Tamara Tokoni presently located at (b) Rivers State or any Port of within Nigeria Territorial Waters,” SaharaReporters cited on Wednesday, was issued and sealed by Justice E.A Obile, the presiding Judge in Suit No: FHC/PH/CS/02/2025.
The Suit is between First Bank of Nigeria Limited as Plaintiff And General Hydrocarbns Ltd; The Cargo of Crude Oil on Board FPSO Tamara Tokoni; Owners/Operators of the FPSO Tamara Tokoni and The Master, FPSO Tamara Tokoni as 1st to 4th Defendants.
The order read: “To the Admiralty Marshall of the Federal High Court and to all and singular his substutute WHEREAS it appears that the (c) CARGO OF CRUDE OIL ON BOARD THE FLOATING PRODUCTION STORAGE AND OFFLOADING (FPSO) VESSEL TAMARA TOKONI currently CURRENTLY LOCATED AT RIVERS STATE OR ANY PORT OF WITHIN NIGERIA TERRITORIAL WATERS is about to leave Nigeria outside the Jurisdiction of the Court. The Plaintiff’s claim is as per the writ of summons being served along with this warrant of Arrest.
