Former Niger Delta militant, Alhaji Asari Dokubu, on Friday alleged that 99 percent of oil theft and bunkering in the Niger Delta region were carried out by the Military, specifically the Army and the Navy and some powerful cabals most times operating from Abuja with the entitlement mentality.
Speaking to State House correspondents after meeting behind closed doors with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Dokubo said that the reason behind his visit was to give words of encouragement to the President for his actions and pronouncements since he assumed office.
Dokubo said: “We discussed the issues of security and oil theft in Niger Delta. Myself and my brothers assured Mr. President that there will be no more oil theft in the Niger Delta”.
He further added that: “The military is at the centre of oil theft. 99 percent of oil theft can be traced to the Nigeria military, the army and the navy.
“The army and navy intimidate the Civil Defence that have the responsibility to protect the oil facilities. The main culprits are the army and the navy.
“There are notorious army commanders that are kingpins in the oil theft. The military men are busy stealing. The insurgents are harvesting from Nigeria military and police to further their criminality.
The former militant further disclosed that ‘his people’ are deployed in different parts of the country maintaining peace, adding that it was his ‘people’ that have made it possible for Nigerians to travel from Abuja to Kaduna and vice versa.
He further added that the President has promised to take decisive action to make sure that it does not continue and it is brought to an end as it is very shameful.
“So I had volunteered to help, to assist and to do the things that are necessary to put a stop to this evil that is being perpetrated against the people of the Niger Delta, the oil community and the whole of Nigerians”, Dokubo promised.
