Nigeria: Oil Spill - Farmer Accuses Security Agents of Illegal Bunkering

25 November 2011

Calabar — A farmer and an indigene of Ekorinim Community, Mr. Bassey Okon, has petitioned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, over alleged illegal bunkering activities allegedly perpetrated by security operatives posted to protect petroleum pipelines passing through the community in Calabar, Cross River State.

Okon, in the petition copied the National Assembly and the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG, in-charge of Zone Six, Calabar, also alleged that the illegal bunkering has led to oil spillage and destruction of farmlands in the area.

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