Operation Delta Sentinel: Nigerian Navy Confiscates Illegally Refined Petroleum Products In Rivers State
The Nigerian Navy has sustained its operational momentum under Operation DELTA SENTINEL with the interception of a consignment of
illegally refined petroleum products within its Area of Operations in Rivers
State.
This latest operation was made known in a statement signed by Navy Captain AA Folorunsho, Director of Naval Information.
He informed that “acting on credible intelligence, personnel of Nigerian Navy Ship
(NNS) PATHFINDER deployed an Anti-Crude Oil Theft patrol team to the Abua-Odual and Ogbologo general areas, where two wooden boats conveying about 15,000 litres of suspected illegally refined Automotive
Gas Oil (AGO) were intercepted.
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“Upon sighting the naval patrol team, the suspected perpetrators
abandoned their boats and fled into the surrounding creeks in an effort to
evade arrest.
“The intercepted boats and products were retrieved and
handled in accordance with extant operational procedures,” he stated.
The Spokesman explained that this
successful operation underscores the Nigerian Navy’s unwavering
commitment to disrupting illegal oil bunkering activities, following the
directive of the Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Idi Abbas, to
intensify intelligence-driven operations and rid the maritime environment
of economic saboteurs and criminal elements.
According to him, the Service remains
dedicated to maintaining the tempo of Operation DELTA SENTINEL to
protect Nigeria’s vital oil infrastructure and economic interests.
