Under Buhari' Govt Oil Output Dropped To 500K BPD, People Said We Should Bomb Pipeline Vandals—Ojudu

Attacks on oil installations in the Niger Delta region posed a significant economic problem to Nigeria in the early years of the Buhari government, according to Babafemi Ojudu, a former Special Adviser to former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

Ojudu stated in an interview with Channels Television that oil production in Nigeria fell from 2.5 million to almost 500,000 barrels per day approximately two years after the government took office.

Several government officials, according to Ojudu, wanted to bomb the terrorists in the Niger Delta who were damaging oil pipelines, but Osinbajo was against the notion. 

According to him, Osinbajo went so far as to offer to meet with the militants in order to hear their concerns and figure out how to address them.

As stated by Ojudu: "Our oil output production fell to nearly 500,000 barrels per day from 2.5 million barrels per day and then we entered into recession." This occurred two years into the Buhari administration, in which Ojudu was a participant.

And that worried everyone. Concerned citizens asked, "What can we do to manage this?" The idea that we should arm the young men bursting oil pipes in the Niger Delta with more bombs was put out by some.