The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has threatened to name and shame oil thieves in the country if elected Nigeria’s President in 2023.
He made this known on Saturday when he interacted with the Business Dialogue Stakeholders Forum at the Eko hotel in Lagos.
Atiku, also said he would confiscate all oil blocs allocated to some Nigerians who have failed to make them operational.
“If you are not going to develop oil blocs given to you, we will take it away and give it to those who will develop it. We will also assemble the names of those involved in oil theft, publish same and prosecute them,” Atiku told the stakeholders.
He reiterated his commitment to privatizing the refineries in Kaduna, Port Harcourt and Warri.
Atiku was at the event with his running mate and Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa.
Both Governors Udom Emmanuel and Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Akwa Ibom and Sokoto states; who are the Chairman and Director General of the Atiku/Okowa presidential campaign team, urged the stakeholders to support Atiku for a better Nigeria.