We Will Bring Culprits, Political Cohorts To Book – Rep Committee Speaks On Crude Oil Theft

The House of Representatives Special Committee on Crude Oil Thefts has said those involved in sabotaging the country’s oil wealth including political cohorts will face the full wrath of the law.

Naija News reports that the chairman of the committee, Ado Alhassan Doguwa, made this known in a statement issued on Friday.

Doguwa said the committee will not ignore vandals causing leakages in the production cycle of the oil and gas sector.

He noted that the unfortunate act is largely caused by youth restiveness and the “unacceptable vandalisation of our critical infrastructure by vandals and criminals in the creeks, and this has to stop.

“We cannot in any way afford to allow our Tinubu and the APC-led government to continue to wallow in global borrowing as a result of consequential leakages in the production cycle of the oil and gas sector.”

Doguwa hinted that the committee was mandated by the Speaker of the House, Tajudeen Abbas, to unravel the remote and immediate causes of these problems in the oil and gas sector.

He added, “The committee vows to do all it takes to save the present Tinubu-led administration from these unfortunate happenings in the oil-producing areas. We will make sure the committee brings to book the culprits and their political cohorts.”