In a reinvigorated vigour aimed at reducing the activities of notorious illegal oil bunkering merchants in the Niger Delta Region(NDR), troops of Land Component(LC), Joint Task Force(JTF), South South(SS), Operation DELTA SAFE(OPDS), have effectively scaled up operations against these criminal elements in the region.
Acting Deputy Director, 6 Division Army Public Relations, Lieutenant Colonel Danjuma Jonah Danjuma, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, August 8, 2024.
“In the operations that ensued, troops identified several illegal refining sites(IRS) in Rivers and Bayelsa States, where several discoveries were made,” the statement read.
In Rivers State, troops of Sector 3, LC JTF SS OPDS, following credible intelligence identified and successfully destroyed 3 IRS at Odagwa in Etche Local Government Area(LGA).
The operation led to the confiscation and subsequen destruction of over 30000 litres of stolen and illegally refined products. Also, at Akaso field down to…
Source: Linda Ikeji
