Bayelsa community, soldiers clash over alleged stolen crude oil

 By Samuel Oyadongha & Emem Idio – Yenagoa

Tension heightened Friday in the oil-rich Biseni Community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State as youths and women prevented men of the Nigerian Army from freeing five tankers conveying crude oil believed to have been stolen.

A community source who spoke anonymously, told Vanguard, “last week Sunday, 25 April, 2021, we saw tankers coming out of Biseni forest where both SPDC and Agip drill crude oil from.

“Suspecting foul play our youths stopped them and asked what was contained in the tankers.

“They said water mixed…