The operations of a syndicate using the cover of security agencies to vandalize petroleum pipelines and steal products that end up being sold for as low as N40 per litre has been exposed.
Investigations by salkida.com showed how
the undercover group from the southern part of the country connives with their
northern counterparts to carry out this nefarious act.
According to the website,
run by Ahmad Salkida, an investigative Nigerian journalist based in the
United Arab Emirates (UAE), the syndicate has established a distribution
network through which their products are sold to presumed legitimate dealers.
Sources: www.thecable.ng
“From the pipeline point
they usually divert the content to some other underground location for
processing and loading. It is at the loading point that all vestiges of
criminality is eliminated as the legitimate oil dealers are the ones that take
the fuel from this point in their trucks.
Sabotage of pipelines have
been a drain on the economy, as it is partly responsible for the inability of
the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to meet up with petrol supply
across the country, subjecting the people to undue hardship.
