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Ex-Navy Chief Afolayan: Obasanjo locked me in room over crude thieves

In the second part of his interview with Sunday Vanguard, Vice Admiral Samuel Afolayan (rtd), a former Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), speaks on his conversation with then-President Olusegun Obasanjo on oil thieves during his tenure as navy chief as well as his encounter with a Defence Minister on the 500, 000 dollars bribe he was offered by crude thieves. He also speaks on injustice in the military, saying he was a victim for 25 years.

I love adrenaline that comes with exams, says Musawa, Fulani woman with six degrees, aiming for 10

Hannatu Musawa, a lawyer and Newspaper Columnist is the Deputy Spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress APC Presidential Campaign Council PCC. She holds a degree in law from the University of Buckingham, UK and took a Postgraduate Masters Degree in the Legal Aspects of Marine Affairs from the University of Cardiff, Wales. She also has a Postgraduate Masters Degree in Oil and Gas Law from the University of Aberdeen. She is completing a Doctorate, which she has been doing part-time.

Oil Theft ‘Magic’: 11,400 tons of stolen crude in seized supership suddenly became water

Vice Admiral Samuel Afolayan (rtd) assumed office as the Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) barely two years after Nigeria returned to democracy in 2001 and retired in 2005. Afolayan closely worked with then President Olusegun Obasanjo to tackle the cartel stealing the nation’s crude oil on a massive scale. In this interview conducted in his Osi country home in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State home, the retired naval chief reveals the people behind crude theft in Nigeria, saying they are not only powerful but also dreadful.

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