BY JOHNBOSCO AGBAKWURU, Abuja
CHAIRMAN, Senate Committee on Special Duties, Senator Clever Marcus Ikisikpo, has accused  security agents of being behind most of the oil theft as well as oil leakages in the country.

Ikisikpo, who represents Bayelsa East Senatorial District, also said Boko Haram insurgency would end when  northern emirs and leaders of thought  come together and call the youths to order even as he accused  security agencies of collaborating with terrorists to wreak havoc on the country.

Speaking in an interview in Abuja, he  faulted the report that Nigeria ranks top in global crude oil theft even as he accused  security agencies and the Customs Service of having hands in  crude oil theft in the country.

He said, “You see one of the problems is sincerity in government. If you have an agency or ministry and everybody is sincere and transparent, we should be able to block these leakages. Now, within the territorial waters, we have the navy, the Customs and other agencies working, but how sincere are they? Some of these Customs and naval officers are also involved.

“So, if you are given security and you leave the work of security to involve yourself with those who are making loopholes to occur, how do you think we would be able to account for all that is going on within the crude oil sector?
“So, most of the security people are really involved with respect to oil theft that is happening within our territorial waters.”