Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike has levelled audacious allegations of illegal oil bunkering and compromise of fight against crimes against the Nigerian Army.
Premium Times reported on Sunday how the PDP governor accused Jamil Sarham, the general officer commanding the Army’s 6 Division in Port Harcourt, run a team of pipeline vandals and oil pilfering soldiers who sell petroleum products in the region.
Wike was quoted as saying, “The GOC has his own team now doing oil bunkering for him because he wants to be chief of army staff,” he said while receiving a team of military personnel from ‘Operation Delta Safe’ on Wednesday. “If you give that kind of person chief of army staff, what kind of security would we have in this country?”
“He cannot be removed here because they know the role he is playing for them: sabotaging our security architecture,” the governor added
The governor also accused the Army boss of filtering confidential security details to criminals, alleging that he constitutes a serious impediment to fight against crimes in the oil rich state.
According to him, “We would have security meeting, he will release it to criminals,” Mr Wike said. “And chief of army staff will leave the man here because he is playing their role.”
Premium Times reported that Mr Sarham refused to comment on the barraged of allegations on Sunday morning saying he had not receive clearance to make any public statement on the matter. But admitted the allegations were “grievous.”
It was gathered that the Army spokesperson, Sagir Musa, also declined to comment on the allegations, also on Sunday morning.
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