SENATE BEGINS OIL THEFT PROBE IN NIGER DELTA.

The Senate Adhoc Committee on Oil Theft says it has bugun investigations into oil theft and illegal bunkering activities in the Niger Delta region.

Chairman of the Committee, Bassey Akpan, said this while answering questions from journalists on arrival at the Port Harcourt International Airport.

Akpan said massive stealing of Nigeria’s crude oil, which had seen the country lose huge earnings as well as hobbled its ability to meet the quota allocated by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, was worrisome.

Akpan, who is also the chairman of the Senate Committee on Upstream and Senator representing Akwa Ibom North-East in the National Assembly, further said that the committee would submit its report to the National Assembly and make appropriate recommendations.

The committee will visit some oil-producing facilities in Port Harcourt and offshore as part of its fact-finding mission.