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.
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