An elder statesman and former Minister of Information, Chief Edwin Clark, has asked the federal government to constitute a judicial panel of inquiry to probe the military and officials of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) over activities of oil theft in the Niger Delta region.
Addressing a press conference today in Abuja, Clark who is the leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), said crude oil theft has been going on in the region under the watchful eyes of the military.
Clark said the investigation into the matter must be full, open and comprehensive, if there is sincerity to unravel what is going on in the region.
According to Clark, high-powered technological engineering expertise is applied to stealing crude oil from the Forcados line, and transported through a four-kilometre pipeline to a platform in the sea, which belongs to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and its partners.
