Over 58 tapping points used for stealing the nation’s crude oil has been discovered in Delta and Bayelsa states. The unlawful business of the oil bunkers was uncovered on Sunday by Tompolo and his officials.
This discovery was made by the EX-MILITANT Leader, Government Epkemupolo, also known as Alias Tompolo. He and his security officials had uncovered both 16 and 42 different tapping points used by the crude oil bunkers on the nation’s pipelines in delta and Bayelsa state, summing the total to 58 on Sunday.
Tompolo said, “As of today (Sunday), we have discovered over 58 points tapping points that oil bunkers have used in stealing crude oil from the nation’s pipelines in Delta and Bayelsa states.”
“In Delta, three major crude pipelines, including the trans-Escravos and Trans- Ramos lines have been tapped by oil bunkers.
“The tapping points that were traced on Friday were with the help of the Nigerian security, which was why inside the rain and everything, we could trace the lines
“We are doing the work together with the security agents; we are only providing intelligence for the security to assist to do the work. Therefore, everybody, NNPCL, and security agencies are working together in a very good spirit now.
This act made the bunkers exasperated with the leader of the defunct movement for the emancipation of the Niger delta (MEND) for exposing their unlawful business, in the past few weeks, sent him and operatives his Tantita Security Services Limited, TSSL, threat messages.
On the threat messages to his boys, he asserted, “As for threat messages, that is normal, even this morning, they sent messages to me, but I think it is something we can handle.”
The ex-militant leader, who sounded optimistic they would soon curtail illegal oil bunkering, said, “With the way we are going now, we are getting cooperation from all the security agencies, both the ones in the state here and at the top. Therefore, by the grace of God, in no distant time, we will stop this largely.”
He said the company was not facing any major challenge, adding, “At a very point in time, we will always provide the intelligence and security people will come and do the work.”
On the barricading of creeks by oil bunkers with trees, he said: “That is the more reason we are involved, if we see any creek that is blocked with trees, we will bring in motor-saw people to cut it and we go inside.”
“Where the security people cannot even go, we will first go there and ask them to follow because we cannot do anything with the security people. In addition, with the way all of them are actually cooperating, we will achieve the desired result.
Tompolo also commended the effort of the military and the Nigerian national petroleum company limited for collaborating with him on the operation, promising to bring an end to the menace.
