Nigeria, March 12 -- The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has appealed to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to help tackle the menace of crude oil theft in the country.

Olufemi Soneye, the chief corporate communications officer of NNPC Ltd, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.

Mr Soneye said the Group Chief Executive Officer of the company, Mele Kyari, made the appeal at an interactive session with the Executive Chairman of EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, held at the NNPC Towers in Abuja on Monday.

Speaking about the efforts by NNPC Ltd to eradicate corruption from its system and stem crude oil theft and pipeline vandalism, Mr Kyari contended that going by the volume of oil stolen daily and the brazenne...