Navy destroys Illegal Refined fuel,vessels in WARRI-NIGERIA

— NIGERIAN Navy,yesterday, in
Warri, Delta State, destroyed illegally
refined petroleum products, worth millions
of naira and boats, popularly known as
Cotonou vessels, seized from oil thieves.

Also, the Joint Task Force, JTF, yesterday,
set ablaze a fuel tanker, said to have been
used for crude oil theft on Ekiugbo-
Ihwremaro Road, Ughelli North Local
Government Area of the state.
Speaking to reporters on the crack-down
against oil bunkerers, Flag Officer
Commanding, FOC, Central Naval Command,
Rear Admiral Sidi Usman, vowed to stamp
out all forms of illegalities being
perpetrated in the creeks and waterways.

According to Admiral Sidi, who was in
company of the Commanding Officer, NNS
Delta, Commodore Mohammed Garba and
other Officers of the Base, the navy would
spare no effort in dealing with bunkerers.

He said: “We will continue to raid areas
where illegalities are being practised. The
evil doers are no friends of the country as
their nefarious activities are aimed at
destroying the nation’s economy.”
Usman who personally led the team,
expressed satisfaction with the mass
destruction of large quantities of fuel
dumps at Opumani and the arrest of a
suspect, whose name was given as Samson
Oghenero.

Meanwhile in Ughelli, the fuel tanker was
set ablaze close to a pipeline in the area by
soldiers, who raided the area at 8.30am.
It was gathered that the fully loaded tanker
had sank as it was being driven out of the
swampy road in the early hours of
yesterday and efforts to tow it with
another tanker was fruitless.
Commanding Officer of the 222 Battalion,
Lt. Col. Victor Ibeh, while briefing newsmen
on the operation, said they swung into
action after they got a tip-off from the
community that a tanker was being used
to scoop crude oil from the pipeline.
Saying that the operation was in line with
their mandate to check oil theft, he said
that they stormed the scene of the oil theft
with policemen, men of the Federal Road
Safety Corps and fire fighters.
Ibeh said those involved in the oil theft
had fled the area before their arrival,
adding that nobody had shown up to claim
ownership of the tanker.

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