Attempts By Oil Thieves and Bunkerers To Tarnish The Image and Work Of The CNS Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla

Attempts By Oil Thieves and Bunkerers To Tarnish The Image and Work Of The CNS Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla

The character and personality of the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) has come under attack by an evil publication of People’s Gazette which is now been aired by other credible media outlets.

This kind of write up is a hatchet job.
The real focus is to stir up this falsehood with the primary aim of removing the CNS.
As men of good conscience, we know that the heat on bunkerers has affected their free slush of funds from crude oil theft.
The CNS also worsened their situation by making a die hard anti theft and anti bunkering senior officer in person of Rear Adm SJ Bura the FOC Central Naval Command.

This is an FOC that deliberately refuses to fraternise or meet in any way with bunkerers. These are some of the heartaches of bunkerers and oil thieves.
My personal experience while working in PH about our FOC Central Naval Command is something else.
When he was the CO NNS Pathfinder, I went to visit him at his official residence and I was refused all efforts to contact Rear Adm Bura.
Despite introducing myself as his Clasdmate in Secondary school and friend, I was not allowed any access.
It was when I wanted to depart that one of the Naval Ratings came to meet me and apologized that I looked like a bunkerer and that their boss does not have anything to do with bunkerers. He does not want them anywhere around him and does not pick their calls.
The Rating then told me their boss was not at home.
It is this kind of character that now oversees Central Naval Command.

This is not an image laundering write up , we have to State facts so that those in positions of authority can be guided by truth.
Now to the CNS who has not held any such commands that even exposed him to knowing oil dealers is even more painful for bunkerers.

Those in positions must be more surgical to understand that our Crude oil Production has been increasing steadily under the leadership of the CNS who has zero tolerance for oil bunkering and oil theft.
There has been a steady growth of monthly average production of crude oil under the leadership of the CNS.

1. September 2023 moved from the average of about One Million barrels per day to 1.3 Million barrels per day.
2. October 2023 maintained 1.250 million barrels per day average.
3. December 2023 moved to 1.335 Million barrels per day average. This level of production was recognized by OPEC which declared Nigeria as the highest oil producing country in Africa for December 2023.
   While the CNS continues to fight oil theft and oil bunkerers without any form of compromised negotiations, the chances are that our daily oil Production under the current CNS can hit the projected plan of Mr President’s target of 2Million barrels per day.
   The CNS is encouraged not to be distracted by enemies of the Nation but that he should sustain the pressure against oil bunkering and oil theft in the Nation.

Daura Abdul-Nasser
Bsc, MITD,FIMC, CMC, FIMS, Cert (ERM)
MD/CEO Cedar Security

Maritime Security Consultant who has worked in the Gulf of Guinea for over 7 years

Pipeline Security Manager who has managed NNPC pipelines of KM 1 to 51 ( PH to Aba) and Aba to Enugu KM 1 to 210kms for years.