Nigerian Army To Oil Thieves: We’re Coming After You

The Nigerian Army has vowed that it will continue to go after oil thieves in the country.

The Brigade Commander of the 33 Artillery, Brigadier General Michael Durowaiye stated this today while handing over the incepted fuel tanker and other items used by suspected oil thieves arrested at Alkaleri Local Government of Bauchi State to the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC in the state.

The items are used to siphon fuel from pipelines.

The Brigade Commander said, “We will continue to go after oil thieves and ensure that we arrest them to make sure that the whole place is devoid of such criminals.”

Represented by the Garrison Commander of the Brigade, Colonel Gabriel Osho, Durowaiye who said that the suspected thieves, on sighting the army’s patrol vehicle, fled and abandoned the tanker and items used for their bunkering activities at the scene.

He said that the items recovered included a fuel tanker, two power generators, one hand pump, one pipe, one drilling machine, one welding machine, 26 welding electrodes rods, one X Vanier calliper and three drilling rods.

Speaking while receiving the tanker and the recovered items, the Commandant of the NSCDC in Bauchi, Halliru Alhassan, commended the army troops for arresting the suspects and recovering the items used for the illegal bunkering.

He lamented that their activities cost the country billions of naira and vowed to work closely with other security agencies and members of the public to ensure that suspects are arrested and prosecuted.

According to reports, the Commandant was represented by Daniel Taki.