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Senate president in secret talks with Tompolo to release tanker of stolen crude

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Nigeria's Senate president Godswill Akpabio (centre) takes the oath of office, Abuja, 13 June 2023.
Nigeria's Senate president Godswill Akpabio (centre) takes the oath of office, Abuja, 13 June 2023. © Kola Sulaimon/AFP

Impounded for over a year with its cargo of nearly 900,000 barrels of crude oil, the Harbour Spirit is increasingly becoming a political preoccupation. It has prompted a visit to Delta State by Godswill Akpabio, who is determined to succeed where all other emissaries before him have failed.

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