SH0CKING REVELATION: How Military Is Sponsoring Oil Theft In Nigeria - Dokubo | READ DETAILS
Faith Ukanwa
Jun 17, 2023
SH0CKING REVELATION: How Military Is Sponsoring Oil Theft In Nigeria - Dokubo | READ DETAILS
Asari Dokubo, a former militant leader in the Niger Delta, on Friday, accused the Nigerian Military of being behind 99 percent of oil theft in the country.
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Speaking to journalists after meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the presidential villa in Abuja, Dokubo alleged that there are powerful cabals promoting oil theft from Abuja,he however stated that the supposed cabals have met their match with the emergence of Tinubu as President as many of them would soon be marching to Kuje prison.
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Dokubo added that he has volunteered to use his boys to assist and do the necessary to halt the evil of oil bunkering and theft as Tinubu has promised to investigate allegations of huge oil bunkering by notorious naval commanders that are kingpins, promising also to take decisive action to halt the shameful act.
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The former militant leader argued that ordinary Niger Delta citizens who are often blamed for oil theft are not responsible, as they do not have the wherewithal to perform such sophisticated act of stealing.
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According to him, the manner in which the oil thieves have gone about their criminal activities has stripped the people of the Niger Delta of their livelihood, and it is a crime against humanity.
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Dokubo also alleged that it is an act of blackmail for the military to say that they have insufficient armaments to deal with insecurity, accusing them of forfeiting their weapons to the insurgents, which continued to fuel the insurgency.
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