The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has vowed that smugglers of Petrol in the country will face the full wrath of the law.
Bawa stated this at a stakeholders’ engagement on high Premium Motor Spirit evacuation, code named “Operation White 2“at the NNPC Towers on Tuesday.
The EFCC boss said the issue of smuggling of petroleum products in the country was worrisome, assuring that the commission was fully committed to the special operation designed to check the activities of the economic saboteurs.
He said, “Nigerians can be rest assured that the EFCC under his watch, will do all that is possible to ensure that those found perpetrating the crime are brought to book, and justice is served for the benefit of all Nigerians.
“We are all Nigerians, and as Nigerians we need a better country for ourselves, and the problems highlighted by the GMD (of NNPC) as well as the leader of Operation White…we in the EFCC, from the beginning, are happy to be part of this Operation White for the reason that, it is part of our responsibility to prevent as well as enforce laws that have to do with economic crimes.”
Also, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resource, Timipre Sylva, said the illegal export of PMS is something that needs to be checked.
“We brought in the big hammer, and the big hammer as you can see is EFCC, because it is economic sabotage and I believe with the EFCC in the picture, the system will work even better,” he added.
