A discovery was made at Dasaba Creek, in Bayelsa State, where one illegal refining site, one oven and a massive metal reservoir containing products suspected to be stolen crude oil estimated at over 110,000 litres were stored. Another 33,000 litres being siphoned into a tank were also discovered by troops deployed to Rivers State.
Lt Col. Danjuma Jonah, the acting Deputy Director 6 Division Army Public Relations, said in a statement that the painstaking operation traced an interconnected hose to a tank from Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals pipeline, far behind the fence in the bush.
Two pumping machines, a long hose and eleven drums used to perpetrate criminality in the general area were among several items recovered from the sites.
“Relatedly, troops of 63 Brigade, Nigerian Army, while on routine patrols, successfully intercepted trucks ladened with products suspected to be stolen crude in Delta State. The arrest was made at Seplat Energy Nigeria Ltd trunkline, Mosogar.
“During the operation, the truck was discovered to have over 30,000 litres of stolen products. The trucks have been handled in line with the subsisting mandate of OPDS in the NDR region.
“Similarly, troops of 16 Brigade, Nigerian Army, intercepted a truck with Reg No Delta UDH 983 XR along road Elebele-Emeyal in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
“The truck was also ladened with over 30,000 litres of products suspected to be stolen crude. Also, troops deployed at Cawthorne Channel 1, in conjunction with other security agencies successfully deactivated one illegal refining site with over 5500 litres of products suspected to be stolen crude,” he said.
Danjuma however, appealed to the public to provide actionable intelligence on the activities of the economic saboteurs in their vicinity to security agencies.
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