Troops Clamp Down On Illegal Oil Refining Site In Delta

• The Nigerian Army, NSCDC, and a private security firm have worked together to uncover a major illegal refining site in Delta
• The operatives have since clamped down on the illegal refining site

The Nigerian Army, the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), and a private security firm have all worked together to uncover a major illegal refining site in Delta.

Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, Director of Army Public Relations, stated on Sunday in Abuja that troops operated from the 181 Amphibious Battalion.

The battalion is based in Delta’s 6 Division Area of Responsibility at Owahwa in the Ughelli South Local Government Area.

Nwachukwu stated that the operation was part of a long-term effort to deny oil thieves freedom of action and to protect the oil industry from economic saboteurs.

He explained that the sting operation on Saturday was in response to a surveillance report on illegal oil refiners in the area.

He explained that when the troops arrived, they discovered 35 modular ovens used for illegal oil refining, three fabricated reservoirs, 30 dugout reservoirs, and 75 galvanised pipes.

The operatives have since clamped down on the illegal refining site.

The Nigerian Army enjoins all law-abiding citizens to continue to support ongoing anti-oil theft operations by reporting suspected illicit refining and illegal bunkering in their areas to security agencies, Nwachukwu stated.

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President Tinubu, who the Secretary represented the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, announced this at the Gala/Award Night to commemorate the 2023 Civil Service Week in Abuja.

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