{"id":122621,"date":"2025-09-29T13:27:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T12:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=122621"},"modified":"2025-09-29T13:27:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T12:27:17","slug":"navy-dismantles-six-illegal-refining-sites-in-delta-seizes-11550-litres-of-stolen-crude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/navy-dismantles-six-illegal-refining-sites-in-delta-seizes-11550-litres-of-stolen-crude\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy Dismantles Six Illegal Refining Sites in Delta, Seizes 11,550 Litres of Stolen Crude"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Lizzy Chirkpi<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Forward Operating Base (FOB) Escravos of the Nigerian Navy says its operatives have shut down six illegal refining camps in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Commanding Officer of the FOB, Navy Captain Ikenna Okoloagu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Warri.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to him, the breakthrough was the result of sustained intelligence-led operations carried out between September 3 and September 24 at Obodo Omadino community.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cOn September 3, 2025, men of the Nigerian Navy, acting on actionable intelligence, dismantled three illegal refining sites in the community containing 2,850 litres of stolen crude oil stored across 11 dugout pits,\u201d he revealed.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He continued: \u201cSubsequently, on September 9, 2025, one additional site was dismantled, also at Obodo Omadino, leading to the recovery of 2,000 litres of stolen crude oil stored in 12 dugout pits and four polythene sacks.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAlso, on September 14, 2025, the team, while maintaining operational momentum, following credible intelligence, discovered another two illegal refining sites at Obodo Omadino community, laden with 3,400 litres of crude oil in 11 dugout pits and three polythene sacks.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAdditionally, on September 24, 2025, one additional site was dismantled at Obodo Omadino, leading to the recovery of 3,950 litres of stolen crude oil stored in 18 dugout pits. Items recovered were one pumping machine and about 22 yards of hose.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The commanding officer explained that in total, about 11,550 litres of stolen crude were seized during the operations. The products, he said, were hidden in 52 dugout pits and seven polythene sacks.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He stressed that the operation was part of Operation DELTA SANITY II, which is geared towards flushing out oil thieves and saboteurs from the nation\u2019s maritime environment.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Okoloagu also pointed out that the actions were in line with the directives of the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ikechukwu Ogalla, to rid the waterways and coastal communities of illegal activities.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lizzy Chirkpi The Forward Operating Base (FOB) Escravos of the Nigerian Navy says its operatives have shut down six illegal refining camps in Warri South Local Government Area of&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":122622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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