{"id":19945,"date":"2018-08-07T06:27:47","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T06:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=19945"},"modified":"2018-08-07T06:27:47","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T06:27:47","slug":"oil-bunkering-rivers-monarch-accuses-security-chiefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=19945","title":{"rendered":"OIL BUNKERING: RIVERS MONARCH ACCUSES SECURITY CHIEFS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.newsroom247.com.ng --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<div>CHAIRMAN, Ogoni Council of Paramount Rulers, Ogoni, Rivers State, High Chief Barisi Kpaama, has raised the alarm over the menace of oil thieves in his domain and other parts of Niger Delta region, alleging that some security chiefs were aiding and abetting the criminals.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He spoke as the Zonal Director, National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, NOSDRA, Port Harcourt, Cyrus Nkangwung, blamed the rise in oil bunkering in the oil-rich region on the unavailability of petroleum products at the rural communities.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He said: \u201cThe heads of security agencies in the communities involved in artisanal refining have compromised and are abetting the culprits, therefore, they should be disciplined to serve as a deterrent to the locals. \u201cIf the DPO and JTF Commander are in support of the boys carrying out the theft, who are you to go against them?\u201d He asserted.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=16815&amp;ad_type=62&amp;rl=180\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<div>NOSDRA director Nkangwung said: \u201cInvestigations shows that there is no presence of government or access to the products in the rural communities, they do not even have where to get kerosene or diesel from, whereas the illegally refined products are accessible and cheaper.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cSecurity agencies should not destroy the illegally refined products alongside the environment. It is a good thing that the government is now building tank farms to store the recovered products rather than burning them and further polluting the environment,\u201d he asserted.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Meanwhile, University of Port-Harcourt don, Prof. Ben Naanee, said: \u201cIt is sad that after 50 years, we (Nigerians) are still importing oil, we have failed to harness the large ECOWAS market. \u201cIt will not be impossible to stop the theft and illegal refining unless government provides alternatives and address the issues of accessibility of petroleum products in the rural communities and also reducing its prices making it affordable.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19311\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"741\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff-1.jpg 1080w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff-1-300x86.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff-1-768x219.jpg 768w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff-1-1024x292.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.newsroom247.com.ng --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHAIRMAN, Ogoni Council of Paramount Rulers, Ogoni, Rivers State, High Chief Barisi Kpaama, has raised the alarm over the menace of oil thieves in his domain and other parts of Niger Delta region, alleging that some security chiefs were aiding and abetting the criminals. 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