Navy uncovers, deactivates illegal refining sites in Rivers

The Nigerian Navy has continued to asseverate persistent operational power nether Operation DELTA SENTINEL implicit known amerciable refining hotspots successful Rivers state, thereby frustrating repeated attempts to reactivate dismantled refining infrastructure.

This is contained successful an operational study by the Director of Naval Information, Capt. Abiodun Folorunsho connected Sunday successful Abuja.

Folorunsho successful the report, recalled that connected July 10, unit of Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS, PATHFINDER, discovered and deactivated amerciable refining sites wrong the Egbema axis of Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area.

He said that successful spite of that palmy operation, transgression elements attempted to reactivate the sites, prompting sustained monitoring and follow-up anti-crude lipid theft operations by the navy.

“During the latest operation, NNS PATHFINDER unit rediscovered and deactivated 2 reactivated amerciable refining sites, recovering astir 76,...