PORT HARCOURT: Two British nationals were among 14 people arrested on suspicion of attempted bribery in connection with an alleged plot to steal oil from a pipeline, Nigeria said.
The head of the Joint Task Force (JTF) of military and police in the oil-producing Niger Delta region said the Britons allegedly tried to bribe a senior commander to facilitate the theft.
Oil theft, or "bunkering", is a major problem in Nigeria, which is Africa's leading crude producer and exporter.
The practice is said to cost the country some $6 billion (4.3 billion euros) in revenue every year, although the government is accused of exaggerating the extent of the problem to cover up embezzlement.
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