This was contained in a press statement signed by the LCCI Director General, Dr Chinyere Almona, on Monday.
Browsing: Pipeline vandalisation
Chairman, IPMAN Western Zone, Alhaji Dele Tajudeen, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Wednesday in Lagos.
This was contained in the 2015 Annual Report and Audited Accounts of the commission made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja
Speaking on Tuesday while receiving a delegation of Urhobo leaders at the Presidential Villa, Prof. Osinbajo lamented that “so much damage is being done, governments will come and go, but this damages will ultimately destroy people’s livelihoods, aspirations and their future
Kannu said the suspects were arrested at 5pm by operatives of the command on patrol as they scooped diesel from a punctured pipeline.
Sh said: “They will be prosecuted as we are legally mandated by law to do
He said the environmental damage to communities in the Niger Delta was immense with an estimated 51,500 hectares of land devastated by oil spills last year, following pipeline vandalism.
The case, which was fixed for trial, was stalled due to the absence of the trial judge, Justice Mohammed Idris, who is said to be away for the annual Judges Conference
The Corps Public Relations Officer, Kareem Olanrewaju, told newsmen on Thursday in Abeokuta that the gang vandalised pipelines belonging to NNPC along Abeokuta-Ajebo Road in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area
Amosun said the NNPC is culpable because it has failed in its duties to protect the nation’s pipelines
The engineers were killed as they made to repair a vandalized pipeline in the area