The illegal connection was discovered following a tip-off, an official said.
According to TheCable, the discovery team was led to the site on Monday by Mbakpone Okpe, chairman of Tai LGA, Rivers State. Others present at the site were security operatives of the Nigerian army, officers of the SSS, the Tai local security taskforce and pipeline surveillance contractors.
“The federal government also has companies doing surveillance for them. I need to partner with them. I called Shell after I discovered this on their line. “I cannot risk my resources and my personnel in discovering this, at the end of the day the owners are not coming forward to take responsibility,” he said.
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