EFCC, DSS now to prosecute pipeline vandals
(Nigeria) Managing Director, Petroleum Products and
Marketing Company, PPMC, Mrs Esther Nnamdi-Ogbue, has said that the Federal Government will involve some
security agencies in prosecuting pipeline vandals.
Ogbue on Sunday during a visit to Mosinmi Depot and Ajebo
pipeline in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, listed the
security agencies to be involved as the Police, the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, EFCC and the Department of State Services, DSS.
Ogbue said that the involvement of these agencies would
facilitate the prosecution of the vandals at the courts of competent
jurisdiction.
``We are looking at all ramifications on how to bring these
criminals to book; they have to be treated as criminals and pipeline products
thieves. The pipelines are the most efficient way of moving products and then
for the first time in a very long time we are pushing products all the way to
Ibadan.
``We intend to move to Ilorin, reduce bridging from Lagos
area so that people can go and pick up their products in Ibadan and Ilorin,”
Ogbue said.
She expressed optimism that partnership with EFCC, DSS,
Police and host communities would yield positive results and the culprits would
soon face the full wrath of the law.
Ogbue said that federal government would start deploying
trackers on trucks carrying fuel from its depots to filling stations across the
country to check diversion of the product.
The PPMC boss explained that with the trackers government
would be able to monitor the movement of trucks vis- a-vis their destinations.
Ogbue lamented that fuel diversion was a serious problem
with undesirable consequences on the economy.
The Federal Government operates 22 depots nationwide,
including Atlas Cove, which is located in Lagos.
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