Nigerian oil theft kingpins

Who is stealing Nigeria’s oil?

Revealed: Those behind oil theft in the country

Oil bunkering in the Niger Delta, has been a perennial problem. The country is to have lost oil estimated at $10.9 billion or about 136 million barrels to crude oil thieves. Also 10 billion barrels of oil valued at $894 million have been lost to pipeline vandalised in the downstream sector.

This represents 7.7 per cent of total revenue that accrued to the country within the period to crude oil thieves. Being heavily dependent on crude oil for its foreign exchange earnings, the country’s economy has suffered a serious decline following large scale theft in the oil industry.

This is not withstanding the zero tolerance of the menace always declared by security agencies. Though, in recent times, such nefarious activities have reduced compared to some years back, illegal oil bunkering, some experts predict, would be difficult to curtail.

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Source: nigerianreviews.com

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