The Nigerian Defence Headquarters has revealed that troops of Operation Delta Safe have arrested two high profiled sea Pirates and 10 suspected pipeline vandals in the Niger Delta region in the last two weeks.
Disclosing this to news men on Thursday was the outgoing Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko during the bi-weekly news briefing in Abuja.
He noted the The two Pirates whose name are Fagha Golden (aka) Fine Boy and Victor Elkanah (aka) Victor Padi have been on the wanted list of the Nigerian Defence.
He revealed Fine Boy was apprehended at Nonwa village in Tai Local Government Area of Rivers, while Padi was captured at Pharzy Spring Diagnostic and Wellness Hospital in One-Eleme Local Government Area of the state.
According to him, the suspects are notorious for series of armed attacks on oil vessels, kidnapping of expatriates and illegal oil bunkering in Rivers.
“The large quantity of crude and Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) and the number of arrested crude oil thieves shows the unrelenting efforts by the troops.
“Troops have sustained offensive posture to deny criminals the much needed space for their illegal operation in Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers states.
“In the process several illegal oil refining sites were discovered and destroyed.
“These include 37 illegal refineries, 68 dugout pits, 188 storage tanks, 33 wooden boats, 16 pumping machines, one generator, one vehicle, 175 cooking ovens and 23 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition.
“Also, recovered was 3.7 million litres of crude oil and 2.01 million litres of AGO,” he said.
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