These are just my thoughts and I will like to share it. Everyday, the nigerian navy keep catching people on the sea with gallons of refined products example petrol and charge them to court with charges of 'oil theft' and 'illegal bunkering' and I ask myself what is illegal about it? I have deposits of crude in my land, i bring it up and refine it and i am able to get petroleum products. I take it out to sell and you see me and arrest me saying i engaged in oil theft or illegal bunkery ....'for why' I didnt steal the raw materials from anybody, i used equipment that i bought to refine it, why should it be illegal. Assuming i stole the oil from someone it would have been different but i got it from my land, infact from my backyard and you are telling me it is illegal... Aside from adulterated petroleum products, I am sure there are many genuine refiners who have to hide because of the so called 'illegality'. Imagine if the people hiding in bayelsa, rivers akwa ibom and other riverine areas can be allowed to do the business, there won't be fuel scarcity as we are experiencing and also money will be in circulation as there is more money in water than on land - those into it will understand. Why should the government be the only one to refine when i can do it...even at that, the government is still importing it. Seriously if there is something as subsistent farming then subsistent refining should be allowed.


lalasticlala seun mynd44

if the oil was in the north ,things would be like that ,but the oil is not in the north and you are not fulani ,pls stay away from oil matter

The Hypocrisy is sickening especially when you hear the same Govt that labels Local Refiners "illegal" and arrests them planning to give Loans to Local Gold Miners in the North to expand their trade even though they don't pay shit to the Govt for Licences or Royalties or Tax. Nigeria na Scam of the highest order.