The Joint Task Force (Operation Pulo Shied) on Wednesday
said it had destroyed 32 illegal refineries in Delta.
Coordinator, Joint Media Campaign Centre, Lt. Col. Isa Ado,
disclosed this to newsmen at the headquarters of the 3
Infantry Battalion, Effurun in Delta State.
Ado, who spoke on behalf of the Commander of JTF,
Operation Pulo Shield, Maj-Gen Emmanuel, said the
operations were carried out in seven days by the Sub-sector
1 of the JTF in Effurun.
He said the actions were carried out in Odimodi, Yokri,
Forcados, Oteghele, Opumani and Beneath Island
communities in Burutu and Warri South-West Local
Government areas of the state.
Ado also said the operation saw the destruction of 86 drums
and 25 surface tanks filled with stolen crude oil, adding that
27 dugout pits were discovered in the raid.
The News Agency of Nigerian correspondent, who witnessed
the operation on Wednesday in Oteghele forest, reported that
over 10 tents belonging to the criminals were also set ablaze
“Other illegal oil bunkering equipment discovered during the
operation includes 29 cooking ovens and 10 pumping
machines.
“The sites and the products were destroyed in line with the
JTF operation in the Niger Delta.
“The operation is a continuous one based on intelligent
information aimed at eradicating illegal oil bunkering in the
region,” he said.
Ado said JTF would not relent in its efforts at stemming
illegal bunkering in the creeks and territorial waterways.
“We have been highly motivated with the procurement of 30
fighting gun boats and 30 operational patrol vans to combat
crime in the region.
“I assure you of the command’s determination in the war
against oil theft, pipeline vandalism and other criminal
activities affecting the socio-economic development in the
region,” he said.
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