AFTER BEING APPREHENDED BY NAVAL OFFICERS IN RIVERS STATE, CRUDE OIL THIEVES CLAIM THAT THEY DID IT BECAUSE THEY ARE SUFFERING.

Tunji Wusu –

In the creeks of the Krakrama community in the Degema local government area of Rivers State, the personnel of the Nigerian Navy have detained four alleged oil thieves.

At one of the illicit bunkering locations, Commodore Suleiman Ibrahim, commander of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder, revealed this to reporters.

Ibrahim claimed that the four suspects were apprehended while being shown around unauthorized oil refinery facilities in the Krakrama creeks.

He promised that the four apprehended crude oil thieves would be brought before the law by the Nigeria Navy.

The NNS Pathfinder commander added that the Nigerian Navy was working with sister organizations to identify people responsible for refining crude oil in the creeks near the Krakrama town.

According to Ibrahim, the Navy would keep guard over vital national assets against vandals and thieves who steal crude oil in the state.