South East Growth Peace Initiative has alleged that the profitable combat in opposition to oil theft is the main cause for the latest assaults in opposition to the Chief of Naval Workers, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla.
The group was reacting to the latest arrest of a Ghanaian Vessel with 13 crew members over suspected oil theft.
The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Beecroft intercepted a vessel, Motor Tanker Candy Miri, concerned in suspected crude oil theft.
The vessel, owned and registered by a Ghanaian firm manned by a crew of 13, together with one Ghanaian and 12 Nigerians, was arrested roughly 174 nautical miles off the Nigerian coast, en path to the Benin Republic.
Talking at a press briefing in Enugu via its President, Vitus Okechi, the South East Growth Peace Initiative famous that the Navy underneath Ogalla had proven dedication and resolve to finish oil theft and sabotage.
“What the Navy wants is the assist of Nigerians; with the backing of the federal government via obligatory incentives, oil theft will quickly be a factor of the previous.
“You don’t blame these attacking him within the media. The Naval boss has turn into a stumbling block and can’t be compromised.
“So, they should discover a technique to sabotage his efforts however sadly Nigerians are wiser, thus the continued assist for Ogalla and his boys.
“The Naval Chief has refused to be intimidated to cease the nice work he’s doing. Oil bunkering is a cankerworm that have to be eradicated,” he stated.
Okechi, a former Commissioner in Enugu State, famous that the feat by the Navy was an additional assertion of their dedication to successfully take care of oil thieves within the coast, describing the arrest as “a large feat within the combat in opposition to corruption related to stealing of oil”.
He added that, “we aren’t stunned to listen to that the Navy intercepted and nabbed a vessel carrying roughly 2 million litres of suspected crude oil with out correct authorisation as a result of we all know that the Chief of Naval Workers, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla is the same as the duty of coping with oil thieves”.
He urged nicely which means Nigerians to assist Ogalla’s combat in opposition to oil thieves with prayers and phrases of encouragement to allow him consolidate and win the combat.
