High sea bunkery exposed

YENAGOA-NOTWITHSTANDING the December 5 explosion that killed over 20 persons at an illegal oil refining site at Kolo Creek, Ogbia Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, greedy crude oil thieves have, barely a week after, recommenced business even with scalded remains of victims strewn at the scene.

A village dweller told NDV during the week, “When we got to the site, popularly known as ‘Kpofire,’ between Ebelebiri and Otuogwe communities a week after the explosion, I almost vomited. I saw charred remains of people burnt beyond recognition.

In some cases, you could only see heads and feet of victims, but despite the burnt bodies, we still met people illegally cooking crude oil there.

He said the locals were worried that the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, codenamed Operation Delta Safe and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, have not swooped on them, raising fear of another catastrophe. His words, “We thought that security agencies especially soldiers would have taken over the place, but we did not meet any security operative. We only met people who are still refining illegally bunkered crude oil. It was terrible.”

Culled from vanguard