The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has written to the Nigerian military alleging the illegal lifting of petroleum products by ExxonMobil at Bonny Terminal, Rivers State.
According to the letter dated 8 June and addressed to the Chief of Defence Staff, Lucky Irabor, the agency claimed that an illegal petroleum lifting operation was taking place at the Bonny River terminal.
The letter, signed by the agency’s Chief Executive, Farouk Ahmed, was titled “Economic sabotage, criminal damage and theft through illegal petroleum lifting operations at Bonny River Terminal”.
