Troops Arrest Oil Thieves, Recover Arms, Stolen Products
Troops of Six Division, Nigerian Army have arrested several oil thieves, recovered arms and stolen products in the ongoing clampdown against illegal oil bunkering in the Niger Delta Region.
The operations which recorded successes, led to the deactivation of three artisanal refineries, arrest of several oil thieves and recovery of over one hundred thousand litres of illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil, AGO, around Abesa in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State.
Similarly, around Buguma general area in Degema LGA, one illegal refining site with a large dugout containing over twelve thousand litres of stolen AGO was deactivated in addition to a large wooden boat that was intercepted with over seven thousand litres of stolen condensates.
In a statement by the Acting Deputy Director, Six Division Army Public Relations, Lieutenant Colonel, Danjuma Jonah-Danjuma, the troops also recovered a wooden boat loaded with other three thousand litres of stolen products and uncovered two illegally refining sites at Bille general area in Degema LGA.
According to the statement, the troops arrested five suspected oil thieves in an attempt to compromise Oando pipeline, around Obiafo Oil Field and several items were recovered at the site including; eleven sacks of stolen products, three drilling machines, pliers, wires, torch lights with over one thousand, five hundred litres of stolen products confiscated
At Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni LGA, troops arrested an oil thief with a locally made revolver loaded with six rounds of 7.26mm special ammunition, intercepted a vehicle loaded with twenty five sacks containing products suspected to be condensates in Ahoada East, West among other areas.
General Officer Commanding, 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Jamal Abdussalam, while appreciating troops for their resilience, urged them to ensure a conducive environment is created for socio-economic activities to thrive in the region.
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