Make no mistake about it, Government Nyeson Ezenwo Wike, the husky voiced Governor River state, is a political gadfly. The PDP’s strong man, has, bared his fangs, by dealing many cards at the same time. He has declared illegal refineries illegal, accused a serving DPO of running an illegal refinery has declared 19 suspected illegal refinery kingpins wanted, orders shutdown of illegal refineries and has promised a N2M bounty for any LGA who squeals on illegal oil refiners and so on. Hear him- “I can’t be governor here and security man owns an illegal refinery. No, it is not possible. These sound bytes appear to me as tell tale signs or attributes of populist at work. Rivers state has been facing a soot crisis that has been enveloped the Port Harcourt area, for a while now. Yes, the Nigerian society is bedeviled with dishonesty are
(a). Cash for silence
(b). Non-disclosure agreements and the illegal removal of rights of those in the know.
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Oil Bunkering in itself, is never a crime. Since it is a term used to describe the process of filling a ship with crude oil or coal. Illegal oil bunkering is a euphemism for theft. Even this, the crime cannot go on without the collision of security officials. Illegal refining of crude oil has been going on since time immemorial, and at a time our refineries have been made unworkable, me thinks that this illegal mode of refining the crude, which is stolen, would have been refined to meet the shortfall in petroleum products availability for the moment, Governor Wike is a gadfly, does he need help?
