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Okafor Ofiebor /Port Harcourt
Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike said he stopped an army major providing escort services to illegal refiners taking refined products out of the state.
The Governor said he took the step after he received intelligence that the rogue officer was providing escort services to operators of illegally refined petroleum products.
Governor Wike revealed this at a meeting with traditional rulers at the Banquet Hall of Government House in Port Harcourt on Friday.
The meeting was attended by heads of the security agencies and chairpersons of the 23 Local Government Areas of the State.
He said he had to send security personnel to thwart the unidentified major’s activities.
“In fact, I had to send my special security to go and intercept a major who was trying to escort some of these illegal products.”
The Governor also accused the police of refusal to arrest one Chief W. J. Wocha, Fubara Ohaka and other members of the illegal bunkering cartel operating at Ibaa community in Emohua Local Government Area of the state.
Wike berated the Police for being complicit in the criminal act of illegal oil bunkering.
He described as embarrassing how officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have continued to be complicit and shamelessly involved in sabotaging the national economy.
“I don’t know how I can be a security officer sent to a place to protect people, to protect whatsoever belongs to the Federal Government, at the same time, I’m involved in sabotaging the national economy.
“I don’t understand how I can wear uniform and be involved in that. If they do not want to support us, we have no choice but to expose all the atrocities that is going on in this State.”
