Poised to emplace robust economic prosperity within the Nigerian Maritime Domain and ensures criminal activities are stemmed, the Nigerian Navy under the auspices of Operation DELTA SANITY has cracked criminal gangs in the Niger Delta arresting six crude oil thieves.
Disclosing various arrests and confiscations made on Wednesday in Abuja, the Director of Information (DINFO), Nigerian Navy, Commodore Aiyuwor Adams-Aliu said that in the last five days, the Navy arrested six suspects, confiscated 12 wooden boats; and six fibre boats, and impounded 472 sacks of illegally refined petroleum products.
According to him, on Thursday 29 August to Monday, 2nd September 2024, Nigerian Navy Units under the auspices of Operation DELTA SANITY made significant successes against Crude Oil Theft and destroyed Illegal Refining Sites in the Niger Delta.
A breakdown indicates that on the 29th August, seven large Cotonou and two fibre boats operated by heavily armed oil thieves loading crude oil from an illegal loading point around Botokiri axis of Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State were seized.
On the 31st August, six suspected crude oil thieves with 109 sacks of illegally refined petroleum products, four fibre boats and two wooden boats were arrested and seized along Ogboinbiri-Kasama-Azama-Isoni of Bayelsa State.
Similarly, on the 1st September, two wooden boats and 328 sacks of illegally refined Automated Gas Oil were seized at Otuogori community river bank in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
However, the following day, 2nd September, 35 sacks of illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil in a wooden boat were seized at Gbaraun area of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
Commodore Aiyuwor Adams-Aliu while re-emphasizing the determination of the force to clean the maritime domain of shapes of illegalities, further explained that these successes indicate the effectiveness of Operation DELTA SANITY, and the resolve of the Nigerian Navy to sustain current efforts to rid Nigeria’s maritime environment of the menace of crude oil theft and enhance crude oil production.
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