He also argued that releasing the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, would not ease the tension in the So
Prominent Niger Delta leader and former agitator, Asari Dokubo, on Friday, in Abuja, alleged that 99 per cent of oil theft incidents recorded in the oil-rich region was traceable to the Nigerian Army and Navy.
However, he pledged his support to the Federal Government to bring the menace to “zero,” believing that the Tinubu-led administration would “fish out” the guilty elements in the military. The data gathered from the agency’s latest policy brief titled, “The cost of fuel subsidy: A case for policy review,” also stated that the country spent over N13tn on fuel subsidies between 2005 and 2021.“I also want to say that oil theft is encouraged by the military. The Army and the Navy intimidate the Civil Defence who are by status the people who are supposed to guard these pipelines. They receive a lot of money from NNPCL and the IOCs and just across the corner, you will see a houseboat.
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