The United States of America has handed over the names of Nigerian oil thieves to President Muhammadu Buhari, a member of the President’s entourage during last week’s visit to the US confided in the Punch on Tuesday.
“I can tell you that the President already has the list of names of the people engaging in the stealing of Nigeria’s oil. The list, when released by the President, will shock Nigerians. But let’s wait and see first,” the source said.
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The Commander of the Joint Task Force, JTF, operating in the Niger Delta, codenamed Operation Pulo Shield, Maj. Gen. Emmanuel Jebe Atewe, has warned kidnappers, sea robbers, oil thieves and criminals that engage in criminalities in the region and its environs to look for a legitimate job or risked being crushed.
Maj. Gen. Atewe gave the warning when the new Air Officer Commanding, AOC, Mobility Command of the Nigerian Air Force, Air-Vice Marshal Frank Nyoyoko, paid him a courtesy call at the headquarters of the JTF at Opolo Road, in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital.
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The Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mr. Ade Abolurin, has declared war on pipeline vandals and crude oil thieves in Bayelsa State.
Abolurin, who was in Bayelsa State on inspection tour of NSCDC equipment and facilities, said the next seven days would be tough for pipeline vandals and crude oil thieves as the NSCDC were battle ready to thwart any criminal activity.
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