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Reuters
Reuters
Business
By Libby George

Churches, mosques house stolen Nigerian fuel in pervasive oil theft, says NNPC head

FILE PHOTO: An illegally-dug oil well is seen at Ilashe in Lagos, Nigeria January 23, 2020. Picture taken January 23, 2020. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja/File Photo

Every section of Nigerian society is complicit in the theft of millions of barrels, the head of state oil company NNPC Ltd said on Tuesday, adding that make-shift pipelines and stolen fuel had even been found in churches and mosques.

Large-scale theft from the nation's pipelines has throttled exports, forced some companies to shut in production and crippled the country's finances.

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