 The River State Governor Newsome Weekend says it is time the Nigerian government considered the damage caused by activities of crude oil thieves and treat them as reasonable offenders. Governor Weekend made the observation when he hosted the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Ishaka Oladayo Amau, on a curtsy visit at Government House Port Harkat. The governor stated that the fight to stop oil theft has continued to fail because top-ranking officers of the military are deeply involved in it. He noted that it is not only the wastage of the economy that is witnessed, but the degradation that the environment also suffers as a result and the negative impact on rural communities in River State in particular. Governor Weekend also wants members of the military task force deployed to arrest the illegal oil bunkers. That's to find a better environmentally friendly way to destroy bunkering sites in the state. Governor Weekend commended the military for the success that they have achieved in reducing the level of carnage Boko Haram and bandits have caused in parts of the country. Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Ishaka Amau said he was on operational visits to 115 special operation groups in River State. Air Marshal Amau said the security agencies are doing a lot in the fight against insurgency for the country to gain a peaceful atmosphere. In terms of bunkering and the rest, the helicopters have always been performing or ensure that the bunkers are not able to carry out their nefarious activities. We continue to support and continue to provide national assistance to the units so that the security agencies in this place will be able to do their work very well. Governor Weekend also urged the Nigerian Air Force to deploy the two armored helicopters donated to them by the River State government to the state. This is in order to improve surveillance and the fight against criminality.