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Military troops arrest 15 suspected oil thieves, destroy 32 unlawful refineries in Niger Delta 

The Nigerian Military has introduced the arrest of no less than 15 suspects over oil theft and unlawful oil bunkering actions within the Niger Delta area.

The announcement was made by the spokesperson of the 6 Division of the Nigerian Military in Port Harcourt, Lt.-Col. Danjuma Danjuma, in an announcement on Monday.

Danjuma disclosed that 32 unlawful artisanal refineries have been destroyed and 14 boats seized in operations carried out by troops between January 6 and 12 in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, and Rivers states.

He additional disclosed that the troops confiscated about 60,000 litres of varied petroleum merchandise.

Breakdown of Operation 

Rivers State

  • Danjuma famous that seven unlawful refining websites have been destroyed in Degema Native Authorities Space of Rivers State the place the operation commenced.
  • 20,000 litres of crude oil seized.
  • Two boats destroyed
  • 1,600 litres of crude oil and 1,200 litres of adulterated diesel have been seized in Nkisa in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Native Authorities Space of Rivers,

 “We additionally deactivated ten unlawful refineries, a number of crude oil cooking pots, and receivers, and recovered about 19,000 litres of stolen petroleum merchandise alongside the Imo River.

“In Odagwa, Etche, our troops intercepted three boats carrying about 12,000 litres of stolen crude oil and arrested three suspects within the course of.

“Related operations have been carried out in Abiama, Asa, Obuzor, Okoloma, Ozaa, Ukwa, and Oyigbo” he added.

Imo State

  • Ten unlawful refineries have been destroyed.
  • 19,000 litres of stolen petroleum merchandise alongside the Imo River

Bayelsa State 

  • One unlawful refinery and one boat have been destroyed
  •  1,500 litres of crude oil have been confiscated.

“In Baberegbene, Southern Ijaw, Bayelsa, our troopers dismantled an unlawful artisanal refinery and intercepted a picket boat carrying no fewer than 1,500 litres of stolen crude oil.

“Equally, an unlawful refining website containing an unquantified amount of stolen petroleum merchandise was deactivated in Emago-Kugbo and Oluasiri communities in Nembe, Bayelsa,” the Military spokesperson stated.

On their operations in Akwa Ibom and Delta, Danjuma stated, “troops maintained a powerful presence and successfully denied financial saboteurs the freedom to function.” 

What you need to know

Oil theft and pipeline vandalism within the Niger Delta area are stifling progress in Nigeria’s oil and gasoline sector, costing the nation billions of {dollars} of income.

Nevertheless, the menace of crude oil theft is being tackled by varied operations together with the Nigerian Military, the Navy, and personal safety firms contracted by the Federal authorities.

President Bola Tinubu has pledged to extend Nigeria’s crude oil above the present common of 1.5 million barrels per day to above 2.5 million bpd. Successful the warfare towards oil theft is essential to reaching this goal.


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