Over the last year, Nigerian oil pipelines have suffered an increasing amount of attacks from vandals who appear to know when oil will be pumped through them. Vandalism has cost the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation significant amounts of crude oil amid concerns that its staff collude with criminals to siphon oil.
Speaking at a meeting with members of the Nigerian community in China, President Buhari also reaffirmed his total commitment to winning the war against corruption. He added that corruption was an arch-enemy of the nation which has destroyed the lives of many Nigerians, so must be tackled head on.
President Buhari added: “I ask for your support to make our vision of stamping out corruption a reality in the shortest possible time and whoever is caught will not be spared. The government is still being dared but those who are sensible should have learnt a lesson bit those who are mad, let them continue in their madness.
“I am aware that in the last two weeks, the national grid collapsed a number of times but I hope this message will reach the vandals and saboteurs who are blowing up pipelines and installations. We will deal with them the way we dealt with Boko Haram.”
During the talk, President Buhari also assured the Nigerian community that his administration was fulfilling its promise to improve security across the country. He added that the armed forces will continue working hard to ensure that the group is eliminated and his government will not settle for anything less.
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