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The Nigerian Navy has discovered 15 massive illegal refining sites with the capacity to process 2.7 million litres of crude oil per day in Rivers State, a senior navy official revealed.<\/p>\n

Commodore Desmond Igbo, the Commander, Nigeria Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder, Port Harcourt, made the disclosure on Friday when he led journalists to the illicit refining sites at Ke community in Degema.<\/p>\n

He said that the troops made the discovery as part of the ongoing Operation Delta Sanity, recently launched by the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Emmanuel Ogala, to combat oil theft.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe uncovering of the illegal refining camps was made in line with the renewed mandate to combat and eliminate crude oil theft from the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cUpon receiving the CNS mandate, troops were deployed, and they uncovered 15 illegal refining camps, each equipped with six cooking pots and metal storage tanks.<\/p>\n

\u201cEach storage tank has the capacity to hold about 30,000 litres of crude oil, culminating in about 2.7 million litres of crude oil illegally refined in the 15 sites.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate that unpatriotic Nigerians are stealing from the country, but we are here to stop these illegal activities from continuing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Igbo emphasized that the discovery of the illegal bunkering sites was a significant breakthrough in\u00a0the Federal Government\u2019s efforts to rid the country of oil thieves and economic saboteurs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe oil thieves steal the crude oil from wellheads and then proceed to refine it into adulterated petroleum products for sale to unsuspecting members of the public.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is unfortunate that these illegal activities have continued, considering that crude oil is where Nigeria gets most of her revenue.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut some unscrupulous citizens engage in this act of sabotaging the nation\u2019s economy through their nefarious engagement in this criminal enterprise,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The officer said that Ogalla had given naval troops the marching order to end attacks on the nation\u2019s oil and gas facilities and safeguard the maritime environment.<\/p>\n

He expressed concerns that frequent vandalism of pipelines and wellhead had further polluted and damaged the environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not our first time of finding and destroying illegal refineries. We have been doing this day and night, and we will not relent until the criminals stop.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a result, we have begun engaging with the communities, and the community leaders have promised to help us in their own capacity.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe people in the communities know the people who are involved in this, and so, we are kinetically, dialoguing and sensitising the youths, women and their leaders,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Igbo said that, however, no arrests were made during the raid as the labourers in the illegal refineries fled the area on sighting the advancement of naval troops on several gunboats.<\/p>\n

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