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Nine Oil Thieves Jailed For 90 Years Each In Niger Delta by Sunofgod(m): 7:25pm On Oct 25, 2011 |
Nigeria Jails Nine Oil Thieves For 90 Years Each ABUJA Oct 25 (Reuters) - Seven Nigerians and two Ghanaians have each been sentenced to 90 years in prison for oil theft and illegal refining, an organised underground industry that costs Africa's largest oil exporter hundreds of millions of dollars a year. Nigeria's oil production capacity of more than 2 million barrels per day is curbed by thieves, who tap pipelines that pass through the thousands of kilometres of winding creeks and waterways in the Niger Delta region. The crude is often processed in makeshift refineries in the creeks before being sold as oil products. Bunkering - the theft of industrial quantities of oil - is a big business in Nigeria that funds criminal gangs and fuels corruption. A judge in Delta state sentenced each of the suspects to 10 years in prison on each of nine charges against them. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said on Tuesday it had "arraigned the accused for conspiracy and illegal dealing in petroleum products", on June 29, 2010. "Investigations also showed that the Ghanaians came into the country illegally and, therefore, had no permission to sail in the Nigerian waters with a vessel that had no clearance, waybill or any document empowering it to transport petroleum products," the commission's statement added. Nigeria's military said on Monday it had detained a small oil tanker and arrested 46 people trying to ship illegally refined oil products. (Reporting by Camillus Eboh; Writing by Joe Brock) http://af.reuters.com/article/nigeriaNews/idAFL5E7LP2DB20111025?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=nigeriaNews&rpc=401 |
Re: Nine Oil Thieves Jailed For 90 Years Each In Niger Delta by nolongTing: 8:46pm On Oct 25, 2011 |
Wonderful it should serve as a deterrent, my only problem is that they are not applying this law to politicians who steal millions - its double standards. |
Re: Nine Oil Thieves Jailed For 90 Years Each In Niger Delta by ak47mann(m): 8:48pm On Oct 25, 2011 |
mean while corrupt governors and senators are walking free sad country |
Re: Nine Oil Thieves Jailed For 90 Years Each In Niger Delta by igbo2011(m): 9:42pm On Oct 25, 2011 |
ak47mann: Very true :/ |
Re: Nine Oil Thieves Jailed For 90 Years Each In Niger Delta by Sunofgod(m): 9:43pm On Oct 25, 2011 |
90 Years - isn't that a life sentence? 10 years concurrently maybe; but 10 years consecutively seems rather silly. I question the judges competence. |
Re: Nine Oil Thieves Jailed For 90 Years Each In Niger Delta by Beaf: 9:46pm On Oct 25, 2011 |
Those sentences are really pushing me to anger. I could burn down that phucking judge. This is the reason Nigeria never progresses. Can you imagine? Boys have learnt to refine crude and instead of bringing them into the fold, some judge locks them up? It might take whatever it takes, but we must harness the technology these boys have been jailed for developing. Bloody fuckry! 90 years indeed! |
Re: Nine Oil Thieves Jailed For 90 Years Each In Niger Delta by igbo2011(m): 10:11pm On Oct 25, 2011 |
Beaf: Very true those boys should be used to set up a legal refinery and fix those legal ones up THey can also teach other people who to refine, this will help the economy. |
Re: Nine Oil Thieves Jailed For 90 Years Each In Niger Delta by Relax101(m): 10:18pm On Oct 25, 2011 |
I think it's a mistake. the judge meant to say 90months. |
Re: Nine Oil Thieves Jailed For 90 Years Each In Niger Delta by xanadu333: 1:12pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
hw old are they now? |
Re: Nine Oil Thieves Jailed For 90 Years Each In Niger Delta by Kx: 1:13pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
[size=14pt]How is 10 years = to 90 years?[/size] |
Re: Nine Oil Thieves Jailed For 90 Years Each In Niger Delta by tboy1(m): 1:14pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
Kx: A judge in Delta state sentenced each of the suspects to 10 years in prison on[b] each of nine charges against them[/b]. |
Re: Nine Oil Thieves Jailed For 90 Years Each In Niger Delta by lagerwhenindoubt(m): 1:22pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
Now that is how you deal with Oil Piracy - Now the Army Generals and Politicians can Bunker all the Oil they like without a drop in revenues, |
Re: Nine Oil Thieves Jailed For 90 Years Each In Niger Delta by Nobody: 1:25pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
While Lucky Igbinedion got a slap on the wrist. The time for a revolution when these kleptomaniacs will be shot keeps drawing nearer. |
Re: Nine Oil Thieves Jailed For 90 Years Each In Niger Delta by Nobody: 1:31pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
the sentence runs concurrently thus, in plain english, it's a ten year sentence |
Re: Nine Oil Thieves Jailed For 90 Years Each In Niger Delta by nagoma(m): 2:09pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
Quote from: Kx on Today at 01:13:00 PM Because there are 9 of them. The key word is 9. |
Re: Nine Oil Thieves Jailed For 90 Years Each In Niger Delta by Pat98: 2:21pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
While our notorious politicians are living luxuriously in stolen wealth, what a shame for our country, |
Re: Nine Oil Thieves Jailed For 90 Years Each In Niger Delta by MrResource(m): 2:34pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
the judge would have easily said life imprisonment, wtf is 90yrs , at least 5yrs for each of the charges would still be 45yrs in prison.isn't that fair enough already? |
Re: Nine Oil Thieves Jailed For 90 Years Each In Niger Delta by marcus1234: 2:39pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
Re: Nine Oil Thieves Jailed For 90 Years Each In Niger Delta by Joyce234: 2:56pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
As much as this will prove a deterrent to future offenders, it does not really serve the purpose. It is sad that in our country, the more you steal, the lighter the punishment, our politicians make a good case for this, whatever happened to the case of Dimeji Bankole abi has it been swept under the carpet as is our habit? |
Re: Nine Oil Thieves Jailed For 90 Years Each In Niger Delta by candylips(m): 2:59pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
Oil bandits |
Re: Nine Oil Thieves Jailed For 90 Years Each In Niger Delta by Baawaa(m): 3:23pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
They were free lancers,assuming they have politicians as their godfathers we will not hear anything |
Re: Nine Oil Thieves Jailed For 90 Years Each In Niger Delta by fm7070: 3:41pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
Can someone steal something that is found on his father's land?? All na game. Go and make research on how Ibori, Alamiesiegha, Odili and co made their money. |
Re: Nine Oil Thieves Jailed For 90 Years Each In Niger Delta by gascoign1(m): 3:42pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
Then we should be expecting a death sentence for the oil cabals, David Mark you know them |
Re: Nine Oil Thieves Jailed For 90 Years Each In Niger Delta by WebSurfer(m): 6:11pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
nor be 9ja we dey? the criminals go comot jail in not more than two weeks time |
Re: Nine Oil Thieves Jailed For 90 Years Each In Niger Delta by OhmstAR(m): 6:27pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
90 years is like saying you are going to die but after serving half of it in prison |
Re: Nine Oil Thieves Jailed For 90 Years Each In Niger Delta by moshoodn(m): 6:36pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
I think the jail terms runs concurrently. . . Can never be consecutive, otherwise, they'd still be in jail in the afterlife. |
Re: Nine Oil Thieves Jailed For 90 Years Each In Niger Delta by whiteroses(f): 7:15pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
And they continue to run their empire in prison! and worse still they'll be out in 3 or 2, maybe one month later after which their respective wives will not let undercover lawyers sleep at night OGA MUST GET OUT by any means neccessary |
Re: Nine Oil Thieves Jailed For 90 Years Each In Niger Delta by Mcleo007(m): 7:36pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
Btw how old are they? Haha, Naija is a huge joke. |
Re: Nine Oil Thieves Jailed For 90 Years Each In Niger Delta by Mcleo007(m): 7:36pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
Btw how old are they? Haha, Naija is a huge joke. |
Re: Nine Oil Thieves Jailed For 90 Years Each In Niger Delta by Nobody: 8:09pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
Beaf: Fuckin.g A! You couldn't be any righter! |
Re: Nine Oil Thieves Jailed For 90 Years Each In Niger Delta by whiteroses(f): 12:12am On Oct 27, 2011 |
they got ten years each, not 90 years each hmm |
Re: Nine Oil Thieves Jailed For 90 Years Each In Niger Delta by ebere1712: 1:56am On Oct 27, 2011 |
whiteroses:Even 1 year each is too harsh. That judge should check his brains. He is probable suffering from mad cow disease. If they stole the oil, stealing is an offence and they should pay some kind of penalty. Community service sounds better to me. They only stole, there was no violence involved. Naija sha, dis people go hear am when the revolution starts. |
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