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….Army, Navy personnel pass the buck….Looming environmental disaster over burning of illegal refineries…..Why EFCC is handicapped in prosecuting offendersBy Egufe Yafugborhib IN a determined bid to carry out the Federal Government’s order to put crude oil thieves out of business the military, particularly the Navy, has since intensified its offensives to locate and to destroy all equipment or products belonging toillicit refinery operators caught in the act. In the Central Naval Command, CNC, hub of Nigeria’s oil/gas production and highest with records of oil thefts, hardly a week passes without the Navy torching large wooden boats laden with volumes of stolen crude as well as locally fabricated refining machinery and thousands of litres of refined products, mostly diesel abandoned by the clandestine operators.*File Photo: Activity at a vandalised oil pipeSince the coming of Rear Admiral Apochi Suleiman, Flag Officer Commanding FOC, who is eager to personally supervise most of the o...