The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday charged 14 nationals of Britain, Russia, Ukraine and Japan with illegally trading and storing petroleum products.
The anti-graft agency arraigned the accused in a Lagos High Court for conspiring to store 4,500 tonnes of petroleum products in three vessels in February without authorisation.
It was not immediately clear if the products were to be taken out of Nigeria and if so, to which country they were headed.
The suspects pleaded not guilty to the charges with their lawyers, urging the court to release them on bail.
The presiding judge, Ibrahim Buba, remanded the suspects in custody until they perfect their bail conditions.
They were also ordered to surrender their travelling passports to the EFCC, while the court fixed another hearing for June 17.
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