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07/20/2008 The Philippine Embassy in Nigeria is looking into the arrest of 15 Filipinos last week for allegedly stealing crude oil from the Niger Delta, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) yesterday said. “We are looking into it. The embassy in Abuja is sending people there,” DFA spokesman Claro Cristobal said. Embassy officials would also look into statements by the Filipinos that they were victims of a pirate attack rather than oil thieves, he added. The Filipinos were arrested with a foreign vessel, MT Lina Panama, laden with stolen crude at Brass as they attempted to leave The Philippine Embassy in Nigeria is looking into the arrest of 15 Filipinos last week for allegedly stealing crude oil from the Niger Delta, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) yesterday said. “We are looking into it. The embassy in Abuja is sending people there,” DFA spokesman Claro Cristobal said. Embassy officials would also look into statements by the Filipinos that they were victims of a pirate attack rather than oil thieves, he added. The Filipinos were arrested with a foreign vessel, MT Lina Panama, laden with stolen crude at Brass as they attempted to leave 
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