OIL THEFT, SERIOUS THREAT TO N-DELTA — DIRI

Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has assured of the state’s collaboration to tackle the menace of oil theft, which he noted poses a serious threat to Niger Delta.

Speaking in Yenagoa, when he received a Federal Government delegation led by Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, the governor in a statement noted that oil theft had seriously affected the environment and image of the region negatively and called for urgent actions to end the ugly trend in the interest of the region and the country at large.

He lamented that oil theft, which also affects government at all levels, had denied the locals their means of livelihood, stressing that if it was not stopped or reduced drastically, the implications would be grave.