Ahmed Audi, the Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, has advised oil thieves to leave the country.
He cautioned anybody who remained in the country wanting to continue with the evil that they would face his forces.
Bola Tinubu, the president, takes a firm stance on oil theft, and he claims that thieves would not have it easy with his men.
Audi gave this speech on Monday in Abuja during the Course 10 Passing Out Parade.
He declared that the NSCDC, which he led, would not tolerate any staff in the continuing fight against oil thieves making compromises.
Audi told me to pursue oil thieves aggressively and make sure they are caught.
He said, ” Don’t forget we are the lead agency in the protection of critical assets. We must protect and infrastructure of the nation one of which is the fuel pipelines. We know the stands of the president on oil thefts. There should be no compromise.
“You must dedicate yourself and do your best to reduce and if possible eradicate oil theft. You must arrest oil thieves and those vandalizing our pipelines and we shall get them. We advised them those who want to continue to launch mayhem on our pipelines to relocate to other countries otherwise we will go after them and arrest all of them.”
Audi also cautioned staff against unintentional discharge, announcing that anyone found responsible would face serious punishment.
Audi said, “We now have a Standard of Operations guiding our activities in the service. You will be court-martialed. In that way discipline in the service. This service does not condone accidental discharge.
“If you make a mistake and become trigger-happy then you kill a citizen you will face the wrath of the SOP. Please be careful when you are with your riffle. You are trained to handle a rifle and not to kill unless otherwise. This means you can only kill when you know the person wants to kill you on the battlefield.”
