Two illegal refineries have been discovered in Warri, Delta state at a time Nigeria is battling with its own reportedly performing below their expected daily outputs.
The discovery was made by troops of Operation Delta Safe (OPDS) in what Abubakar Abdullahi, the major coordinator of the Joint Media Campaign Centre (JMCC) described as efforts to protect oil and gas infrastructure in the Niger Delta.
The illegal refineries were discovered by Nigerian troops under the Operation Delta Safe
“Accordingly, troops of Nigerian Naval Ship (NNS) Delta successfully carried out a raid on two illegal refineries along LAPASE CREEK in Warri South of Delta state.
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“During the raid, 11 metal tanks, five dug pits with about 1750 tons of suspected stolen crude oil and 170 tons of illegally refined AGO were impounded,” the statement said.
In a related development, troops of Sector 3 also reportedly destroyed a large illegal refinery with multiple dumps at Alakiri in Rivers state.
The statement added: “The bunkerers on sighting our troops set fire on parts of their bunkering camp to deny access to the illegal site.
“However, the troops on patrol put off the fire and destroy the illegal refinery site.
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“We are therefore appealing the law-abiding members of the public to support operational activities of Operation Delta Safe with valuable information that would lead to achieving our mandate which is ‘to protect oil and gas infrastructure, deter and prevent sea robbery, crude oil theft and other criminalities within the joint area of operation that could impact negatively on economic activities in Niger Delta’.”
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