El-Rufai criticizes SERAP for threatening to sue the FG after finding illicit oil pipelines.

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has come under fire from Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, the executive governor of Kaduna State, for threatening to challenge the government of President Muhammadu Buhari over the discovery of unauthorized oil pipelines.

A loading port that had been operating covertly for the previous nine years was also discovered, according to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), which made the announcement last week.

When he spoke before the senate joint committees on petroleum (upstream and downstream) and gas on Tuesday, Mele Kyari, group chief executive officer (GCEO) of NNPC Limited, said this.

He claims that although oil theft has been a problem in the nation for more than 22 years, the scale and pace at which it has increased recently is unparalleled. The production at the Brass, Fourcade, and Bonny terminals is currently essentially nonexistent.