Troops destroy several illegal oil bunkering sites in Rivers and Bayelsa, recover over 40,000 litres of illegal products
Troops destroy several illegal oil bunkering sites in Rivers and Bayelsa, recover over 40,000 litres of illegal products In a reinvigorated vigour aimed at reducing the activities of notorious illegal oil bunkering merchants in the Niger Delta Region(NDR), troops of Land Component(LC), Joint Task Force(JTF), South South(SS), Operation DELTA SAFE(OPDS), have effectively scaled up operations against these criminal elements in the region. Acting Deputy Director, 6 Division Army Public Relations, Lieutenant Colonel Danjuma Jonah Danjuma, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, August 8, 2024. “In the operations that ensued, troops identified several illegal refining sites(IRS) in Rivers and Bayelsa States, where several discoveries were made,” the statement read. In Rivers State, troops of Sector 3, LC JTF SS OPDS, following credible intelligence identified and successfully destroyed 3 IRS at Odagwa in Etche Local Government Area(LGA)....