{"id":52640,"date":"2021-09-30T21:31:12","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T20:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=52640"},"modified":"2021-09-30T21:31:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T20:31:12","slug":"military-deactivates-69-illegal-refining-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/military-deactivates-69-illegal-refining-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Military Deactivates 69 Illegal Refining Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Operation Delta Safe have discovered and deactivated a total of 69 illegal refining sites in different parts of the Niger Delta region of the country, the Defence Headquarters has disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>The Acting Director, Defence Media Operation, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, disclosed this while giving update on the military operations across the country between September 2 and September 30 on Thursday, in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Onyeuko disclosed that the sites had a total of 79 ovens, 77 cooking pots\/boilers and 76 cooling systems, 48 large dugout pits and 246 storage tanks as well as drums and sacks.<br \/>\nHe said the sites were cumulatively laden with 2.1 million litres of illegally refined AGO as well as 1,300 tons and 4.5 million litres of stolen crude oil.<\/p>\n<p>Onyeuko also disclosed that the troops also discovered and disconnected some illegally connected pipelines and deactivated other illegal bunkering materials at Rumuekpe community as well as Ihuowo\u2013Okoma Pipeline Right of Way in Abua\/Odua Local Government Area of Rivers.<\/p>\n<p>He added that troops also arrested six militants and recovered four locally-made pistols, 22 cartridges and 13 wraps of cannabis sativa among other items at Government Jetty in Creek town, Rivers State during the period.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>According to him, troops on maritime patrol intercepted a vessel identified as \u2018MT Akemijoe Bunker 1\u2019 without a Maritime Mobile Service Identity or NIMASA document in the south of Bartholomeo River.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe vessel which was laden with 150,000 litres of AGO was arrested and handled appropriately.<br \/>\n\u201cTroops of Operation Delta Safe have continued to sustain the tempo in its anti-illegal oil operations to forestall economic saboteurs in the South-South Zone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the operations recorded significant results at different locations in Rivers, Bayelsa and Delta States within the period in focus,\u201d he said. 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