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Economic Sabotage: Some Nigerian Naval Officers conniving with criminals to steal crude oil –CNS

Drums of Stolen Crude at an Illegal Oil Refinery in the Niger Delta Region

*Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo, Chief of Naval Staff, has disclosed some personnel are colluding with criminal elements to sabotage efforts of the Nigerian Navy at curbing illegal bunkering and crude oil theft, warning of a stiff penalty for such erring officers

Alexander Davis | ConsumerConnect

Against the backdrop of the oil theft menace and its attendant rumblings in the downstream sector of the Nigerian economy in recent times, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo, Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), has disclosed that some personnel are colluding with criminal elements to sabotage efforts of the Nigeria Navy at curbing illegal bunkering and crude oil theft in the country.

Vice Admiral Gambo stated this at the decoration of the newly promoted Rear Admirals in Abuja, FCT.

The Naval Chief, however, warned that any personnel caught would be made to face the stiff penalty of the law, Channels TV report said.

Speaking at the event, Gen. Lucky Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), tasked the Navy on the elimination of crude oil theft in the country.

A total of 30 Commodores were promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral, and each of them was decorated by a member of their family alongside an officer, report stated.

The Nigerian Navy also promoted 25 Captains to the rank of Commodore and 72 Commanders to the rank of Captain.

Meanwhile, the Chief of Naval Staff urged them to remain loyal to the President and the country as a whole.

Gambo said the Nigerian Navy had recorded achievements in the fight against illegal bunkering and oil theft.

The CNS, nonetheless, noted that some personnel yet are colluding with criminal elements to sabotage the efforts of the Navy.

He, therefore, warned that any personnel caught sabotaging the measures that have been put in place by the navy would meet a stiff penalty and the wrath of the law.

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