The Nigerian Navy, through its Forward Operating Base (FOB) Formoso in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, has destroyed three illegal refining sites and one large wooden boat conveying about 160,000 litres of products suspected to be stolen crude oil in the state.
The naval authorities said the operation was in continuation with its fight against crude oil theft and illegal bunkering in the Niger Delta.
The operation is said to be in line with the recently launched Nigerian Navy ‘Operation Delta Sanity’, aimed at ridding illegal oil theft and bunkering activities within the region’s maritime domain.
The Commanding Officer, FOB Formoso, Captain Murtala Aminu Rogo, made this known in an interactive section with reporters in their base in Brass on Monday.
He enjoined the public to cooperate with the Nigerian Navy by providing relevant information that would aid in the ongoing efforts to dismantle the criminal networks.
