Ex-Niger Delta militants leader, Asari Dokubo has made some intriguing revelations.

He said: “Most of the stolen oil goes to Togo and Ghana and the government is aware.”

“The people who bring these tankers are not Niger Deltans. If they are Niger Deltans, they would be so few, maybe those who have access to government and government money.”

“Because to get a tanker from here to Togo and Ghana or Cot D’Ivoire, these are where most of the stolen oil is sold. The government knows about these things; you need close to one to two million US dollars.”

“There is a mother vessel, and the mother vessel anchors outside Nigerian territorial waters. Then there is a feeder’s vessel, which comes in 2000 tonnes, 3000 tonnes, flat bottom and so on, so as to go into the creeks to steal it, and they bring it in a shuttle to fill most of these tanks.”

“It takes up to one month. They are loaded in 2000 tonnes, the highest that can go into the creek – the flat bottom is 3000 tonnes. Three thousand tonnes is bigger than Channels TV house; this is where the money is.”