The President of Marine Equipment Owners/Leasing Association of Nigeria (MEOLAN); Mr Dan Harrison has condemned the persistence of oil theft along water channels of Niger Delta area.
Mr Harrison made this comments in an exclusive interview with Shipping Position Daily in Port Harcourt last week. Harrison, who is also the Managing Director of Dan Harry Nigeria Limited, a maritime operator in Rivers State condemns persistent oil theft in the area despite security presence in Niger Delta creeks and water channels.
The President of Marine Equipment Owners/Leasing Association of Nigeria (MEOLAN); Mr Dan Harrison has condemned the persistence of oil theft along water channels of Niger Delta area.
Mr Harrison made this comments in an exclusive interview with Shipping Position Daily in Port Harcourt last week. Harrison, who is also the Managing Director of Dan Harry Nigeria Limited, a maritime operator in Rivers State condemns persistent oil theft in the area despite security presence in Niger Delta creeks and water channels.
“Oil theft is not helping matters; it is an economic sabotage to the nation. The activities of these oil bunkerers is also affecting legitimate operators in the area”, the MEOLAN President declared. He noted that it is regrettable that security operatives are harassing legitimate maritime operators because of the activities of oil thieves.
Continuing, Mr. Harrison said that members of Marine Equipment Owners/ Leasing Association are known and that they don’t engage in illegal activities. He advised security operatives in the water channels to note that there are credible operators in the maritime sector, appealing to them to stop intimidating MEOLAN members.
Asked on the state of sea piracy in Niger Delta area, Mr Harrison regretted that the activities of sea robbers and other criminal activities are still persisting within the Niger Delta waterways. He called on security operatives to go the extra mile, in combating activities of oil thieves, sea robbers and other criminal elements.
Asked to proffer way out of the situation, Mr Dan Harrison urged the Joint Task Force (JTF) operating in the Niger Delta Creeks to collaborate with Marine Equipment Owners/ Leasing Association in order to tackle the menace of miscreants and oil theft in Niger Delta waterways.
“We will tell security people companies doing business with us. We will tell them our members. If any of our members are caught in illegal activities, let them hold MEOLAN responsible”, Mr Harrison stated.
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