The Riddle of the Oil Thief: The Story of Exploitation and Despoliation of the Niger-Delta
Oil, the greasy fluid has become a curse to Nigeria with all the trappings ofunderdevelopment in display. The Niger Delta peoples of Nigeria and their environmenthave suffered irretrievably and irredeemably the shockwaves of the curse of oil in all itsramifying dimensions.Since 1914, when Lord Lugard, the soldier of fortune enacted the Colonial Ordinancewhich made oil precincts in the country a British monopoly with ownership rights vestedin the crown and the subsequent 1937 colonial Nigeria Ordinance, which gave ShellD’Arcy exclusive exploration and prospecting rights, the Niger Delta has not known peace.In this power-packed, riveting book, titled The Riddle of the Oil Thief, HRM, KingBubaraye Dakolo, the Ibenanaowei of Ekpetiama Kingdom in Bayelsa State, gives thehistory of oil in Niger...