{"id":66413,"date":"2019-04-30T04:54:51","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T03:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=66413"},"modified":"2019-04-30T04:54:51","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T03:54:51","slug":"magu-warns-nupeng-drivers-against-petroleum-products-diversion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/magu-warns-nupeng-drivers-against-petroleum-products-diversion\/","title":{"rendered":"Magu Warns NUPENG Drivers against Petroleum Products Diversion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m3296510911585140429\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has warned Petroleum Tanker Drivers of the Nigeria<br \/>\nUnion of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers( NUPENG) in the Niger Delta<br \/>\narea,\u00a0 to steer clear of products diversion and collusion with illegal<br \/>\noil bunkerers.<\/p>\n<p>He gave the warning on Monday, April 29, 2019 through the Port<br \/>\nHarcourt&#8217;s Zonal Head of the EFCC, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, when<br \/>\nExecutives of Petroleum Tanker Drivers of NUPENG paid him a Courtesy<br \/>\nVisit.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, tanker drivers are increasingly getting involved in<br \/>\nillegal oil bunkering crimes through product diversions and carriage of<br \/>\nillegal petroleum products.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Your members are being used for illegal diversion of products. Your<br \/>\norganization is protecting criminals from being arrested and this is<br \/>\nworrisome. Your organization, NUPENG is known for comradeship, not<br \/>\ncollusion. Right now, we have over 500 Trucks in our custody for<br \/>\ninvestigation and possible prosecution on illegal oil bunkering. This is<br \/>\nnot good enough. You must desist from this practice&#8221;, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Magu charged the drivers to come forward with modalities of tackling<br \/>\nillegal movements of their trucks in order to stem the tide of daily<br \/>\narrests.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can come up with how to monitor movements of your trucks. You can<br \/>\nlook into tracking of your trucks. It is obvious that those illegal oil<br \/>\nbunkers refining illegal products are in business because they are sure<br \/>\nthat your members are available to convey the products&#8221;, he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also tasked the drivers to key into the whistle blowing policy of the<br \/>\ngovernment by offering useful information to the EFCC on the activities<br \/>\nof drivers suspected to be fraudulent.<\/p>\n<p>In his response, Chairman of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers, Comrade<br \/>\nEzenwa Kingsley, expressed appreciation to the EFCC for the visit. He<br \/>\nexplained that NUPENG had never supported any of its members involved in<br \/>\nproducts diversion or collusion with illegal oil bunkers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In all our meetings, we have a policy that the union can never cover up<br \/>\nor associate with anyone caught in any illegality.\u00a0 We made billboards<br \/>\nof culprits of product diversion. We have a Task Force checking any form<br \/>\nof infraction by our members.\u00a0 Once you are caught, we will bring you<br \/>\nout&#8221;, he said. Another member of the delegation to the EFCC, Comrade<br \/>\nMoses Benibo said that his union was becoming helpless over the<br \/>\nactivities of the rouge drivers because &#8221; there are big shots involved<br \/>\nin the business of products diversion and our lives could be at risk if<br \/>\nwe tackle them on our own&#8221;.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"conversation-footer\" class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has warned Petroleum Tanker Drivers of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers( NUPENG) in&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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