![A crude oil refinery worker stands in front of a locally made burner in an illegal oil refinery site near river Nun in Nigeria's oil state of Bayelsa. [Photo Credit: Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters]](https://i0.wp.com/media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2025/08/GM1E91F177001.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1)
Children are drawn into dangerous oil theft operations after witnessing the financial benefits that peers and adults gain from this illicit work.
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