The Military high command on Thursday said that its troops of Operation DELTA SAFE within the weeks under review in the conduct of Operation OCTOPUS GRIP discovered and destroyed 23 illegal refining sites, 87 wooden boats, 7 speed boat, 284 storage tanks.
The Director Defence Media Operations Major General Musa Danmadami during a media brief in Abuja added that other items destroyed were 160 cooking ovens, 3 fibre boats and 18 dugout pits.
Troops also, recovered Two Million Five Hundred Nine Thousand (2,509,000) liters of crude oil, One Hundred and Thirty-Three Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty Four (133,824) litres of Automotive Gas Oil and Seven Thousand (7,000) litres of Dual Purpose Kerosene, 16 tankers, 1 vessel, 8 pumping machines, 2 motorcycle and 42 suspected criminals were also arrested.
Additionally, the sum of Six Hundred Fifty Four Million Eight Hundred Fifty Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty-Five Naira Four Kobo (N654,850,755.04) only were also denied to oil thieves. All recovered items and apprehended criminals were handed over to tappropriatetes authority for further action.
