{"id":349326,"date":"2024-12-16T00:33:21","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T23:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=349326"},"modified":"2024-12-16T00:33:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T23:33:21","slug":"29-arrested-as-troops-dismantle-42-illegal-refineries-in-niger-delta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/12\/16\/29-arrested-as-troops-dismantle-42-illegal-refineries-in-niger-delta\/","title":{"rendered":"29 arrested as troops dismantle 42 illegal refineries in Niger Delta"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>It also disclosed that 29 suspected oil thieves were arrested during recent operations in its campaign against illegal oil bunkering<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/06\/26\/nigeria-army-deploys-177-personnel-to-guinea-bissau-for-peacekeeping\/\">Nigerian Army<\/a> says it has shut down 42 illicit refining sites in the Niger Delta region during recent operations<\/p>\n<p>It also disclosed that 29 suspected oil thieves were arrested in its campaign against oil theft.<\/p>\n<p>The development is contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the acting Deputy Director of Army Public Relations, 6 Division, Lieutenant Colonel Danjuma Jonah.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, 197,000 litres of stolen petroleum products were confiscated during the operations conducted between December 9 and 15, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The statement further revealed that troops dismantled infrastructure used for illegal activities, including 32 boats, 12 vehicles, and eight motorcycles.<\/p>\n<p>The operations targeted hotspots across Bayelsa, Rivers, and Delta States, aiming to disrupt the region\u2019s crude oil theft network and environmental degradation.<\/p>\n<p>The statement read: \u201cTroops conducted several operations in Bayelsa State. Around Biseni Forest in Yenagoa LGA, four newly established illegal refining sites were deactivated, with about 37,000 litres of stolen crude recovered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis feat was also replicated at Benkrukru, around the Oando Wellhead in Okordia Forest, also in Yenagoa LGA, where newly established illegal refining sites, with about 29,900 and 2,000 litres of illegally refined crude and Automotive Gas Oil, AGO, respectively, were recovered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRelatedly, at Olukama and Sabasuo areas in Nembe LGA, an illegal refining site with a wooden boat laden with over 5,000 litres of water-stolen crude was handled appropriately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeanwhile, at Igbomotoru Creek in Southern Ijaw, a wooden boat hidden inside the creek with over 1,000 litres of stolen crude was recovered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSimilarly, operations in Rivers State spurred successes. Around Kula in Akuku-Toru LGA, three illegal refining sites, one wooden boat, and five fibre boats were intercepted, with over 30,000 litres of stolen crude.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a similar vein, at Bille in Degema LGA, two illegal refining sites, two wooden boats, and about 4,000 litres of stolen crude were recovered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlong the Imo River, 13 illegal refining sites, 73 drum pots, 40 drum receivers, and 11 metal container receivers, as well as over 28,500 litres of stolen products, were handled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeizures were also made along Elele-Omoku Road, Obiafo, Ododa, and Ogbogolo communities in Abual\/Odual LGA, Alesa in Eleme LGA, Odagwa-Imo River in Etche LGA, and Coconut Estate in Bonny Island LGA, among several other localities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Delta State, at Aronwon Community in Warri North LGA, one active illegal refining site with five ovens, one boat, and about 5,000 litres of illegally refined AGO was deactivated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTroops also intercepted three tanker trucks loaded with substances suspected to be illegally refined AGO within the premises of Pig Parker Filling Station along Refinery Road in Uvwie LGA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the General Officer Commanding, GOC, 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Jamal Abdussalam, reassured Nigerians of the military\u2019s unwavering commitment to sustaining the ongoing anti-bunkering operations in the Niger Delta. 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