Operatives of Nigerian Navy (NN) under the operation “Delta Sanity” arrested six suspected oil thieves, recovered stolen crude oil and destroyed illegal refinery use for their operation in Niger Delta.
The Director of Information, NN, Commodore, Adams Aliu, in a statement made available to Blueprint, Thursday, disclosed that between August 29 and September 2, 2024, the NN units under the auspices of operation Delta sanity recorded significant successes against Crude Oil Theft and destroyed Illegal Refining Sites in the Niger Delta region of Bayelsa State.
He stated that some of the successes recorded within the 5-day period includes; on August 29, 7large cotonou and 2 fibre boats operated by heavily armed oil thieves loading crude oil from an illegal loading point around Botokiri axis of Nembe local government area of Bayelsa state were seized.
“On August 31, 6 suspected crude oil thieves with 109 sacks of illegally refined petroleum products, 4 fibre boats and 2 wooden boats were arrested and seized along Ogboinbiri-Kasama-Azama-Isoni of Bayelsa State”
“ On September 1, 2 wooden boats and 328 sacks of illegally refined Automated Gas Oil were seized at Otuogori community river bank in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State”
“On September 2, 35 sacks of illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil in a wooden boat were seized at Gbaraun area of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State”
He added that these successes indicate the effectiveness of the operation codenamed” Delta Sanity” and the resolve of the Nigerian Navy to sustain current efforts to rid Nigeria’s maritime environment of the menace of crude oil theft and enhance crude oil production.