The Leading of Defence Group of workers, Gen. Christopher Musa, has inaugurated a joint tracking group to give a boost to army operations within the South-South area aimed toward curtailing oil robbery.
This proceed comes because the Nigeria Safety and Civil Defence Corps reported intercepting 3 oil-laden boats and arresting seven suspects at Woji and Iwofe, each at the outskirts of Port Harcourt, Rivers Order.
A observation through the Director of Defence Data, Brig. Gen. Tukur Gusau, viewable that the CDS, right through the forming, said that the established order of the unused group was once meant to aid the Federal Executive’s function of accomplishing a day-to-day oil manufacturing of two.2 million barrels.
“The CDS highlighted that the role of the monitoring teams is to optimize military and security agency operations within the oil-producing region,” the observation stated. “The objective is to assess military performance and report to commanders for improvement.”
He emphasized the collaboration between the Armed Forces of Nigeria and alternative safety companies, which has considerably contributed to the rise in day-to-day oil manufacturing within the area.
Gusau additionally discussed that the CDS steered the group to paintings in opposition to expanding the family’s day-to-day oil manufacturing to two.2 million barrels in keeping with future. He urged the group to coordinate with the Joint Process Power, South-South Operation Delta Defend, and alternative safety companies and stakeholders within the oil sector to safeguard clean operations.
“The team is aware of President Bola Tinubu’s mandate to increase oil production to 2.2 million barrels per day. Securing critical national infrastructure and oil-producing areas, as well as collaborating with oil companies to maximize production by December, are vital components of their mandate,” the observation added.
The Chairman of the Defence Tracking Crew, Maj. Gen. Jamiu Jimoh, said the considerable aid and cooperation from troops and alternative safety companies within the area.
He pledged that the group would paintings relentlessly to reach the objective of manufacturing 2.2 million barrels of oil in keeping with future as directed through the President.
In the meantime, the NSCDC in Rivers Order paraded seven suspected oil thieves arrested in Woji and Iwofe, each at the outskirts of Port Harcourt.
NSCDC Commandant in Rivers, Joachin Okafor, reported that the suspects had been stuck scooping oil merchandise from a barge and loading them into cellophane luggage for shipping to an undercover location.
“We are here at Woji Jetty along the Slaughter area in Port Harcourt. It is very concerning to see such a large barge filled with illegally refined AGO,” Okafor stated. “As of now, we have arrested two suspects and the director of the company where the barge is located has been invited for questioning. We are continuing to search for more perpetrators and their sponsors.”
The extra 5 suspects had been apprehended through the Marine Squad of the command on the Tombia-Iwofe axis alongside the waterways. Initial experiences point out they had been stuck with 3 boats weighted down with an unspecified dozen of AGO.
“Our ongoing fight against crude oil theft is driven by our commitment to combat illegal bunkering activities in coastal areas, thereby increasing national oil production,” Okafor stated. “Safeguarding critical assets and infrastructure is our core mandate, and my administration will restore order in the state. We are against all acts of environmental degradation and pollution that lead to health hazards. We are determined to restore the glory of our economy, and it will not be business as usual for those stealing the nation’s crude oil.”