Navy Destroys 3 million Litre Capacity Illegal Refinery

“Also, this is in compliance and pursuit of the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral, Emmanuel Ogalla, directives to his field Commanders, that we must ensure that the issue of oil theft in Niger Delta becomes history and  eradicated at least to the barest minimum.

“The capacity of the bunkering sites runs into 3 millions of litres if not more.”

The NNS Pathfinder commander also said modalities were on to engage community stakeholders on a dialogue against oil theft.

“We are engaging the community stakeholders to talk to their youth from engaging in oil theft. When I resumed command, all the community leaders, paramount rulers, have been visited and I have also told them to call their youths to order because the oil thieves can not do this without the connivance of the youths. We have told them to refrain from that and look for alternative ways to earn a living.

“We are yet to make  any arrest because the place is an open place, so the hoodlums fled on siting us, but we are going to trace them and trace those who are sponsoring them because they cannot come here without having big people behind them to sponsor them. We will put down our intelligences in action and make such we trace their sponsors.

“This is not the best way to earn a living. There are so many ways to earn a living instead of  damaging the environment and also they are depriving the Federal Government of the needed revenue,” he said.