House of Representatives To Invite NNPC, Service Chiefs Over Oil Theft

Miffed by continuous oil theft in the country the House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee has decided to summon the Chief of Naval Staff, Inspector General of Police, the Group Managing Director of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation NNPC, and other stakeholders in the oil and gas industry over alarming theft of crude oil in the Niger Delta,..

The chairman of the Ad hoc committee on crude oil theft, Hon. Peter Akpatason, said  that the panel will invite Service Chiefs and other stakeholders in the sector, to explain the continuous pilfering of oil by an alleged cartel in the country.

The Committee alleged the theft of crude oil, with the assistance of some officers of the Nigerian Military and ex-servicemen.

 Akapatason who is also the Deputy Leader of the House decried the alarming rate of oil theft recently.

He recalled that the Federal Government under the leadership of former president Olusegun Obasanjo, set up a committee to look into oil theft in 2001, which reported that oil theft by a group of highly placed persons posed a threat to the oil sector.

He informed that the committee will hinge its enquiry on 2001 findings to uncover those behind the crime.

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