"Osinbajo Kicks off Clean-up of Ogoniland, Warns Against Oil Theft", 3 June 2016

Giving an insight into what gave rise to militancy in the [Ogoni] region, Osinbajo on behalf of Buhari said: “The various communities in the Niger Delta region, noting the negative impact of oil production and lack of consideration for best practices, quite rightly commenced the struggle for justice and fair play in the conduct of business by oil industry operators...This, unfortunately, led to the loss of lives and property". [He added]..."The [UNEP] report was submitted to my predecessor while still in office in 2011…[t]he people of Ogoniland continued to suffer from pollution of air, land and water,”. He warned: “Let me seize this opportunity to sound a note of warning that the current oil theft and illegal refining will not be tolerated. The regulators of the oil industry must live up to expectations. They must ensure that oil companies carry out their operations in line with universal best practices.”...