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> [ “After years of watching their patrimony squandered in this way, a large percentage of the \[Niger\] Delta's population feels abandoned by both national and local politicians, and has settled on illegal bunkering as the most direct way to ensure that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ghazvinian/after-years-of-watching-their-patrimony-squandered-in-this-way-a/)

John Ghazvinian

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## More by John Ghazvinian

> [ “After years of watching their patrimony squandered in this way, a large percentage of the \[Niger\] Delta's population feels abandoned by both national and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ghazvinian/after-years-of-watching-their-patrimony-squandered-in-this-way-a/)

John Ghazvinian

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