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UNDERCOVER: Inside Niger Delta creeks where #oil thieves feed fat after 'paying millions to soldiers and naval officers' | TheCable bit.ly/2IPXwAc #TheCablePetrobarometer
From the Bille jetty in Port Harcourt, the boat snaked through sleeping rivers to the wavy sea, and after four hours traversing the waters, docked at Kalakurama, an island of about 100 dwellers — mostly fishermen, and those into the business of illegal #oil bunkering.
Opusunju: “You only need a little opening from the valve and the crude starts gushing, because of the pressure, and in one night, we can load six to seven boats. We do this in the middle of the night." petrobarometer.thecable.ng/2018/10/11/und… #TheCablePetrobarometer
After moving about 30 kilometres away from Kalakurama, Opunsunju pulls the boat over, and with this reporter, he walks carefully through the oily and marshy ground up to where tanks of different sizes are erected.
“This is our own refinery,” he begins. petrobarometer.thecable.ng/2018/10/11/und…
“We work with navy, marine police, NSCDC and the army. Although, before, it was war, they know us now.” When a helicopter belonging to the Nigerian navy flies over the water, Opusunju wouldn’t raise his head. he keeps his clam, and laughs. petrobarometer.thecable.ng/2018/10/11/und…
“They see the flames and they know we are illegally cooking crude #oil.”
For Opusunju and others, the matter is already handled as long as you ‘settle’ the security operatives. Read more 👉 petrobarometer.thecable.ng/2018/10/11/und… #TheCablePetrobarometer
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