Sumonu therefore advocated the inclusion of communities in the search for solution to oil theft, stressing that the government and oil companies alone would not win the war against the menace
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Uwujaren said that the commission investigated 21 oil theft cases and charged 81 suspects to court within the period
Clark, who made the allegation while speaking at the plenary of the National Conference on the report of the committee on Public Finance and Revenue, chaired by Alhaji Adamu Aliero, called for the removal of fuel subsidy
This is no thanks to the activities of pipeline vandals and illegal oil bunkerers on their waterways
Spokesman of the task force, Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu, who made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, noted that the slow dispensation of justice had been undermining their efforts
This came following the recent disclosure by President Goodluck Jonathan that the government has earmarked $1 billion to ensure the implementation of a programme to fight oil theft and vandalism of oil infrastructures in the Niger Delta
Uduaghan, who is the Chairman of the National Economic Council on Crude Oil Theft, stated this on Tuesday in his presentation at the ongoing Nigeria Oil and Gas Conference 2014 in Abuja
The APC recalled that the Rivers State Governor, Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, had some days ago, while hosting the British Minister for Africa and Member of Parliament, Mark Simonds, lamented about this issue of insensitiveness of the PDP government at the centre to the insecurity and oil theft in Rivers State
The call for the stronger collaboration, aimed at putting an end to the illicit businesses and nefarious acts by saboteurs of the nation’s economy, became imperative considering the daily loss of gross domestic product and the national income, which in turn has brought untold hardship to the people, abolurin said
The governor said that although the quantity of the stolen crude was still on the high side, with proactive measures by government, the menace would be checked
Sambo, who pointed out that the crude oil theft had made Nigeria to lose huge resources, which could have easily been used in developing schools, putting in energy and many other transformation programmes that would impact positively on the people, sought the support and partnership of the United States and other members of the international community to tackle the menace
He said that states also wanted the Federal Government to urgently address issues affecting the region, particularly those relating to the speedy completion of the East-West Road and the proposed coastal road, railways and the Niger Delta Energy corridor
“This resulted in the drop of our oil output from 2.5 million bpd to 2.1 million bpd. But as I speak today, the two pipelines vandalized and damaged have been repaired and re-opened,” he said
The workers alleged that the criminal activities of crude oil theft were perpetrated by highly placed and influential individuals and politicians, adding that Kuku “is only being economical with the truth and trying to cover up with his allegation against the workers”
His words: “I know and this is critical and I know that a lot of multinationals will be angered by this but their being angered does not bother me but what bothers me is about oil theft that is affecting the revenue of this country, that is affecting the environment that I am from, that is very key for me
He claimed that some of the vessels and badges were laden with stolen crude oil and Automotive Gas Oil when they were apprehended
“You know our economy is still dependent on oil until we move it away from oil, that is why some of us are emphasizing creating an economy beyond oil” According to the Governor, he has already initiated the “Delta beyond oil” programme which he noted was aimed at focusing on other areas of revenue other than total reliance on oil
The two accused persons illegally conveyed 136 plastic drums of petroleum products in a truck with registration number XN 789 EGU at Egbidi, Isoko Local Government Area of Delta State in 2009 without a licence and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 3(6) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act Cap. M17, laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2007 and punishable under Section 1(17) of the same act
The Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta arrested the Shell employees, Bori Friday and Young Apahia, on Monday at about 9:30pm at Kporgho-Ogoni in Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State
They were arrested on board vessel MT AEGLE with 200 metric tons of petroleum product suspected to be Automotive Gas Oil bunkered from EX MT Mercy II into MT AEGLE