Navy destroys illegal refinery in Delta

Nigerian Navy patrol team on Forward Operating Base (FOB) ESCARVOS under Operation Delta Safe has destroyed a newly erected illegal refinery Camp at Tipo Village near Abiteye Community in Delta State, during an extensive patrol of the area.
Navy’s spokesperson, Commodore Christian Ezekobe said in a statement that the patrol team also destroyed two large Cotonou boats laden with “various quantities of product suspected to be stolen crude oil siphoned from sources within the village.”
He said further searches in the area revealed that “the criminals stashed about 100 Jerry cans of products suspected to be illegally refined AGO on an adjacent Creek in a bid to conceal them from military operatives.”
“In a related development, the naval patrol team deployed from NNS PATHFINDER under Operation Delta Safe on 23 November 2016 discovered and destroyed a large wooden boat at Wakama, close to Onne axis,” Commodore Ezekobe said.
He said the boat contained about 500 litres of suspected illegally refined AGO.
Nigerian Navy patrol team