The Six Division of Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, on Thursday, bust several illegal bunkering sites in Odagwa, Etche Local Government Area in Rivers state where over 3 million litres of crude oil and bunkering facilities were captured.“And you have seen the network of pipes and cables and other tools connected around the whole area,” he stated.
He explained that the crude discovered at the site was in excess of daily crude export of Nigeria, which is very pathetic and very sad.
He added; “Outside this bridge, we have a lot of well heads, most of them are not in use. It is from these well heads that these our people put pipes and siphon these crude oil”.
He announced that few arrests were made but pointed out that those arrested were not the key players in this business.
Major Gen. Abdussalam said; “They are basically labourers, the main players have not been caught, but now that we have discovered this place, with proper intelligence and investigation, we are going to apprehend them.
“This discovery is part of our efforts to ensure that the federal government gets what is due to it. The budget has been passed by the National Assembly and assented to by Mr. President and it has become law.
“That budget is based on some parameters, and one of those parameters is the crude oil production that we chun out everyday so, any drop in that crude oil production will affect everybody in this country but our people are not aware of that and that is why they engage in this criminal and dirty business”.
He warned perpetrators of the illegal business to have a rethink and repent from their evil ways saying that they would be eventually captured and punished if they refused to stop.
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