…As battle for bail rages in Abuja court
Major syndicates operate in the oil region with different networks in pipeline breaking, siphoning teams, refining, and surveillance to keep security agencies off their tracks.
BusinessDay investigations revealed that the main kingpins lodge in the best hotels in Port Harcourt, Warri, and Uyo, to arrange operations. This line of suspicion received huge credence a few months ago when Chidi Lloyd, chairman of Emohua LGA spoke out angrily against oil theft that leads to bush fires.
The chairman spoke after he led security teams and local vigilantes into the bushes to burn down ‘kpofire sites’. He said the one being apprehended were small fries while the big fishes lodged in top hotels.
The pipeline protection teams now work with the Navy, Civil Defence, police and the Army to bring down the level of oil theft that pushed Nigeria to below 900,000 bpd back to about 17mbpd, hoping to get to 2mbpd and beyond.
