Oil Theft: HURIWA Hails NNPC Over Revelations, Makes Fresh Demands
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has urged the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company to name and shame crude oil thieves:
The group applauded the manifest resolve of the GMD Alhaji Mele Kyari to render full disclosure of information available to his office on those sabotaging the economy within and outside the government and security forces perpetrating diversions and outright thefts of massive crude oil resources from the Niger Delta oil-producing communities.
The rights group stated that millions of Nigerians look up to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to ensure that those who engage in thefts of Nigeria’s crude oil resources are prosecuted to a logical conclusion and the stolen crude and assets traceable to these economic saboteurs taken over by the Government of Nigeria on behalf of the good people of Nigeria.
HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, in a statement, asked the Federal Government to set up an independent team of forensic auditors on crude oil to conduct investigation and publicly announce their findings within one month.
The group said the composition of the Independent Forensic investigators by President Muhammadu Buhari would mean that the Federal Government is determined to frontally address the numerous issues and revelations raised by Kyari
HURIWA urged the President to personally ensure that the life of the GMD of NNPC being threatened by crude oil thieves is protected so Nigerians will be able to reap the fruits of the exemplary character of the GMD of NNPC in this instance to expose the gangsters diverting and stealing crude oil resources which is directly an action meant to destroy the economic mainstay of the country.
Under his auspices, Kyari had engaged private security firms to rid the Niger Delta of oil theft after the military’s failure and alleged collusion with oil bunkering actors. Kyari also recently lamented the spate of oil theft in the country, saying those that engage in the act use technology to lay pipelines.
