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NIGERIA: OIL THIEVES KILLED January 2, 2006
Kizza Hajarah
(SomaliNet) Twelve oil thieves have been killed in a scuffle with Nigerian police. This was after they were caught stealing oil in the southern Niger Delta.
Five others were arrested while three were wounded.
Oil theft is a common practice in the world’s largest oil producer. The natives who gain nothing from the oil wealth turn to the only means possible: theft.