Monday, November 11, 2024 -The Nigeria Army says troops have recorded success in the Niger Delta region as it dismantled over 43 illegal oil bunkering hubs, arrested 19 economic saboteurs and confiscated over 260,000 litres of stolen products.
Lieutenant Colonel Danjuma Jonah Danjuma, Acting Deputy Director, 6
Division Army Public Relations, in a statement on Sunday, said the troops also
demolished over 11 vehicles, 21 boats, as well as 11 motorcycles used for
stealing crude oil in the region
According to the statement, in Rivers State, troops dismantled seven
active illegal refining hubs around Abesa and Kula general area in Akuku-Toru
Local Government Area (LGA), just as it confiscated over 60,000 litres of
illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO).
It said the troops also destroyed several illegal bunkering havens,
three fibre boats, five wooden boats, as well as recovered over 41,000 litres
of stolen products.
It said in Buguma Creeks, four active illegal refining hubs, eight large
cooking pots, massive receivers/reservoirs, three local boats stocked with over
12,500 litres of stolen products were destroyed.
According to the statement, several wooden boats with over 10,000 litres of stolen products were intercepted around Odagwa, Akwa, Oza West, Oyigbo,Obozur and Ayama general areas.
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