The 6 Category of the Nigerian Military has ramped up its marketing campaign in opposition to unlawful oil bunkering within the Niger Delta, dismantling 56 unlawful refineries, getting better over 1.2 million liters of stolen crude, and arresting 17 suspects.
The operations, performed between November 25 and December 1, 2024, spanned Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta, and Akwa Ibom states, consistent with the performing Deputy Director of Military Folk Members of the family, Jonah Danjuma.
Danjuma defined that the category’s operatives, running together with alternative safety businesses, accomplished a layout of raids throughout a number of bunkering websites.
“In Bayelsa State, at an abandoned Oando wellhead in Okordia Forest, Yenagoa LGA, 15 illegal refining sites were dismantled. Troops recovered over 755,000 liters of stolen crude and 53,000 liters of illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO),” he stated. He added that “in Biseni Forest, also in Yenagoa LGA, 12 illegal refining sites yielded 34,000 liters of stolen crude and 5,500 liters of illegally refined AGO.”
Danjuma highlighted the numerous findings in Rivers Atmosphere, pronouncing, “At Kula I, general area in Akuku-Toru LGA, troops discovered one illegal connection on a 36-inch government pipeline, with a three-inch hose connected to it, used as a loading point by oil thieves. A ground reservoir containing 100,000 liters of stolen crude was also seized.” He additional famous that “operations in Degema LGA, specifically around Bakana and Buguma, led to the confiscation of 27,000 litres of stolen crude and the interception of several vessels and materials used for oil theft.”
The crackdown prolonged to Imo River, the place troops exposed “11 illegal refining sites, 88 cooking drums, 26 metal container receivers, and 42,500 litres of stolen crude,” Danjuma disclosed.
In Delta Atmosphere, troops pursued saboteurs to Ugo Nation, Edo Atmosphere. Danjuma stated, “A suspect led troops to a bunkering site where a storage room was found filled with stolen crude and over 200 sacks containing 40,000 litres of stolen products. At Yeye, Warri South LGA, troops dismantled an illegal refining site and confiscated 2,000 liters of illegally refined AGO.”
Akwa Ibom additionally noticed noteceable luck. “Troops intercepted over 5,580 litres of petroleum motor spirit at Enwang Bridge in Mbo LGA, allegedly being prepared for smuggling to a neighboring country,” Danjuma mentioned.
The Basic Officer Commanding 6 Category, Maj. Gen. Jamal Abdussalam, praised the troops for his or her operational successes, emphasising the military’s unravel to ensure essential nationwide infrastructure and battle financial sabotage within the Niger Delta.
“The fight against illegal oil bunkering will continue with the same intensity to ensure lasting security and stability in the Niger Delta region,” Abdussalam declared.
The operations underscore the military’s constancy to protective nationwide sources and restoring series within the area, which is essential for Nigeria’s financial and environmental steadiness.