Human rights activist and foremost Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana kicked over the destructi

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Human rights activist and foremost Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana kicked over the destruction of vessels loaded with stolen crude oil by the Nigerian Navy.
Fanana said the government has made impunity official , making criminal the audacity to steal. It is trite law that only the Federal High Court court is empowered to order the interim or final forfeiture of any vessel that was used for conveying stolen crude oil.
Falana made it clear the Chief of Defence Staff is not unaware that under the service law the burning of a ship or vessel by a military personnel is a serious offence which attracts life imprisonment without an option of fine. For the avoidance of doubt, section 111 of the Armed Forces Act provides as follows:
Arson -A person subject to service law under this Act who wilfully or maliciously sets fire to a public building, dwelling house, an office or any structure whatsoever, movable or immovable, whether completed or not, occupied or not; or to any vessel, ship, aircraft, railway track or wagon, or vehicle or thing; or to a mine or working, fitting or an appliance of a mine,is guilty of arson and liable, on conviction by a court-martial, to imprisonment for life.
Therefore President Buhari should order the Chief of Army Staff to ensure the immediate arrest of the military personnel who set the vessel on fire to charge them with arson and allied offences before a court martial.

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