The Director General of National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), Idris Musa has called for intervention of International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) to fight against any form of criminal activities causing environment pollution. This was said during a meeting between the two bodies on Friday, 28th May 2019. Musa, while articulating the NOSDRA mandate as encapsulated in its establishment Act of 2006, said the major concern of the Agency is environment pollution which is also a big concern to the nation. He said “the worrisome crime committed across every other oil producing regions in Nigeria now is oil theft which eventually cause oil spills in sensitive environments endangering human lives, properties and sometimes aquatic species”.
