The Nigeria Army destroys 74 illegal Niger Delta refineries

 

ThisDay reports that the director of army public relations, Col. Sani Usman, in a statement on Friday, September 9, said the troops of 2 Brigade Nigerian Army, while conducting a field exercise code-named “Operation Crocodile Smile”, discovered and destroyed 74 illegal refineries within 48 hours.

Also destroyed, according to Usman were quite a number militants’ and kidnappers’ camps in various parts of Rivers and Bayelsa states. The military used swan buggy and other specialist equipment to achieve the target.

Usman said that earlier on Wednesday, September 7, the troops of Sub-Sector Bravo had, in response to a tip-off, on the presence of suspected kidnappers at Akupoku community, carried out a raid of the location.

The team also raided another community called Ke which is at the mouth of the Atlantic ocean where they discovered and destroyed an illegal refinery.

The troops recovered and destroyed three large cooking pots and 20 tanks filled with illegally refined Automated Gas Oil (AGO),” he stated.