Officers of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) yesterday destroyed more than 260 illegal oil refineries in the creeks of Warri South council area in Delta state.
The men also destroyed not less than 5,000 metric tons of stolen crude oil.
Commander of the NNS Delta, Commodore Musa Gemu, disclosed these to reporters after a show-of-force exercise through many parts of the riverine Warri.
Speaking on the operation that destroyed the illegal refineries and stolen crude oil in Otegbene-Agbara community, Bennet Island and Jones Creek, all in Warri South council area, Gemu said the places touched were new hideouts for oil thieves.
He noted that the renewed commitment of the navy to combating illicit oil deal was in line with the zero tolerance of the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Vice Admiral Usman Jibrin on illegal bunkering along the waterways.
Gemu said that since those behind the dastardly act of sabotage have resolved not to stop, the navy has intensified its surveillance operations and destruction exercise along these creeks.
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