In a sustained effort to curb unlawful oil bunkering within the Niger Delta area, troops of the 6 Division, Nigerian Military, in collaboration with different safety businesses, have arrested 29 suspected oil thieves and dismantled 24 unlawful refining websites.
The operations, which passed off between February 3 and 9, 2025, additionally led to the destruction of 11 boats and the restoration of over 60,000 litres of stolen petroleum merchandise.
The event was disclosed in an announcement by the Performing Deputy Director of 6 Division Military Public Relations Lieutenant Colonel Danjuma Jonah Danjuma.
He mentioned troops carried out clearance operations alongside the Imo River, deactivating six unlawful refining websites and destroying 113 drum pots and 83 drum receivers. Moreover, two boats containing over 18,000 litres of stolen merchandise have been demobilized.
In Asa, Obigbo Native Authorities Space (LGA), troops uncovered a reservoir with over 1,000 litres of stolen petroleum, together with 100 sacks containing roughly 1,500 litres of stolen crude. Comparable operations have been executed throughout Okoloma, Obuzor, Lekuma, Abiama, Asa, and Ukwa common areas.
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In Asari-Toru LGA, an unlawful refining web site was dismantled within the Buguma common space. Two massive pots and receivers, together with one stocked with over 9,000 litres of stolen crude, have been neutralized. Moreover, in Ebocha Nicely 5, troops raided an lively refining web site, seizing 28 regionally made ovens and reservoirs containing 5,900 litres of illegally refined Automotive Gasoline Oil (AGO) and three,500 litres of stolen crude.
A suspected oil thief was additionally apprehended. One other operation alongside Kumufari Creek in Akuku-Toru LGA resulted within the seizure of a 200-metre hose and a reservoir containing over 1,500 litres of stolen petroleum merchandise.
The assertion mentioned in Delta State, troops launched a sting operation within the Okpai Oluchi neighborhood, Ndokwa East Native Authorities Space (LGA), following intelligence on unlawful bunkering actions.
They confiscated over 70 sacks of stolen petroleum merchandise alongside the SEEPCO Power Firm pipeline, amounting to roughly 2,800 litres. Moreover, a suspected oil thief deserted a Sienna bus with Lagos registration quantity APP 89 CV, loaded with 15 sacks of illegally refined AGO, alongside Emiye Avenue, Isoko South LGA.
Equally, in Bayelsa State, troops dismantled two unlawful refining websites alongside the boundary between Joinkrama 4 in Yenagoa LGA and Okarki in Ahoada West LGA. Operations in Biseni, on the financial institution of the River Niger, and in Akpedi and Akinima communities led to the interception of two,500 litres of AGO hid in sacks.
In the meantime, in Akwa Ibom State, safety forces maintained operational dominance, making certain the disruption of unlawful actions within the area.
The assertion reaffirmed the safety forces dedication to tackling oil theft and financial sabotage within the Niger Delta.
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