Emmanuel Masha 
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has called on traditional rulers and other residents of the state to join in the fight against crude oil theft, and the country’s stability and progress.
Fubara also said it should be the concern of everybody to support and see Nigeria progress as a stable country while advancing economically; adding that this is possible only when there is high production of crude oil, as the mainstay of the national economy.
The governor, who made the appeal while declaring open the 117th/118th combined quarterly general meeting of Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers at their secretariat in Port Harcourt yesterday, urged the monarchs to take charge of their domains and make life difficult for ill-guided youths involved in acts of economic sabotage.
He said: “I want to see a different society from this hour. The Federal Government is doing everything to see that our crude oil production level increases.
But every day, we are having issues of illegal bunkering and pipeline vandalism and all the associated problems.
“All these people that are carrying out these evil acts, they’re not coming from the moon, they live in our communities, we know them. I am charging this council, as a first step, to take charge of your communities.”
