Commodore Desmond Igbo, Commander, Nigeria Navy Ship Pathfinder, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, said this.
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The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Bernard Onyeuko, made this known on Thursday in Abuja.
Reacting to what he described as a “catastrophe and a national disaster,” President Buhari said responsibility for the loss of lives and property must squarely lie with the sponsors of the illegal refinery, “who must all be caught and made to face justice.”
The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brigadier General Bernard Onyeuko, disclosed this on Thursday.
The acting Solicitor-General of the Federation (SGF) and Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Justice, Umar Mohammed, who represented the minister said the move was in a bid to block revenue leakages.
The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, disclosed this while giving an update on the operations of the Armed Forces between November 26 and December 2, 2020 on Thursday in Abuja.
The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, disclosed this while giving update on the operations of the armed forces in the last two weeks at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja.
The Bayelsa State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and Department of Petroleum Resources in Bayelsa State have joined forces against oil thieves and illegal refineries.
The Nigerian Navy says it has destroyed no fewer than 637 illegal refineries in the Niger Delta in 2018, through “Operation River Sweep’’.
The State Commandant of the Corps, Makinde Ayinla, disclosed this on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Benin.
Speaking with newsmen in Warri, the Commander, NNS DELTA, Commodore Ibrahim Dewu, said the illegal refineries were destroyed in the last 29 days in its ongoing raids.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the refineries were located at Obaszagbon Village in Uhumwode Local Government Area of the state
In the latest raids conducted against the criminals, the Nigerian Navy patrol team deployed from NNS DELTA discovered and destroyed illegal crude oil refineries set up in Lolomu creek in Gbaramatu Kingdom and Tagola creek all in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State
The statement recalled that in recent times, there had been increased patrols by Naval operatives, which led to the destruction of illegally operated local refineries and arrest of vandals
Yeibo said Captain Musa Katagum, the Commanding Officer of Forward Operating Base FORMOSO, led a team of personnel from Naval Base, Brass on the raid of the illegal refineries
Lieutenant Colonel Mustapha Anka, the Media Coordinator of the task force, said in a statement in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State that raids in the last 10 days were to uphold its zero tolerance for illegal oil bunkering and criminality in the Niger Delta region
He said he had the support of the chiefs and traditional rulers in his crusade to rid the area of the menace
“This is a one-man crusade to completely stop this menace,” he said
The NNS Delta Commander, Captain Musa Gemu, who assumed duty in February, told newsmen on Thursday that his command would not condoled illegalities in the creeks
Nwachukwu said: “During the clamp down, the troops recovered 24 x 7.62mm round cartons, five Browning Machine Gun, ammunition, 3 x 7.62mm round special and seven live cartridges
The Commandant of the corps in the state, Chike Ikpeawonwu, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Benin City, the Edo State capital