{"id":98440,"date":"2022-08-21T16:03:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T15:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=98440"},"modified":"2022-08-21T16:03:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T15:03:09","slug":"presidency-well-soon-reveal-those-behind-crude-oil-theft-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/presidency-well-soon-reveal-those-behind-crude-oil-theft-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidency: We\u2019ll Soon Reveal Those Behind Crude Oil Theft in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1741758708218587510\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Presidency has said the federal government would soon reveal the identities of high-profile individuals behind crude oil theft in the country.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Presidential spokesperson, Malam Garba Shehu, said this at the weekend while speaking on a live television programme.He said as part of efforts to rid the country\u2019s economy of sabotage, security operatives had raided locations where illegal oil bunkering thrives.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Shehu further hinted that there might be cases of some law enforcement agents engaging in the illegal act, adding that new measures were being taken to put a stop to it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOil theft is being tackled. The big problem we have in this country is that we ought to see more commitment from communities in assisting law enforcement agents,\u201d Shehu said.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;In some cases where some actors in the law enforcement are complicit, it becomes bad.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The presidential spokesman said it was \u201cembarrassing\u201d for Nigeria not to meet up with the quota given to it by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe used to fight the OPEC for more quotas; now, they have given us and we are not able to meet up. This is embarrassing. As we speak today, all security agencies like the Nigerian Army, Navy, are massively involved in stopping this act,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cI am hopeful that in the next few days, the office of the national security adviser will be presenting to the nation \u2013 the big men \u2013 who are promoters of this kind of business as they are being caught and illegal refineries are being bombed out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited is also installing a monitoring capacity to detect or advise immediately when sabotage of oil pipelines happens,\u201d Shehu added.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">President Muhammadu Buhari had on Friday directed security agencies to immediately put a stop to theft of the country\u2019s crude oil by criminals and vandals in the Niger Delta region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not allow a few criminals to have unfettered access to the nation\u2019s crude oil supply, hence I have directed our security agencies to speedily bring to a halt the activities of these vandals in the Niger Delta,\u201d Buhari had said in a statement.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThere should be no hiding place for such criminals, and our cooperation with neighbouring countries in halting these crimes is being strengthened and tightened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recently, the Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Limited, Mr Mele Kyari, said the country suffered a monthly loss of N1.9billion to crude oil theft.Currently, 13 Nigerian Navy personnel are being court-martialed in Lagos for allegedly conniving with crude oil thieves and pipeline vandals, among other maritime infractions.<\/p>\n<p>Among those facing the Naval Court Martial are some officers who allegedly connived with people from some oil-producing communities in the Niger Delta, including traditional leaders, to operate suspected illegal refineries with siphoned crude oil.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/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 Presidency has said the federal government would soon reveal the identities of high-profile individuals behind crude oil theft in the country. 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