Nigerian Navy Uncovered Illegal Oil Bunkering Site In Port Harcourt

The Nigeria Navy recorded a breakthrough in its undercover operations
when it uncovered a major illegal oil bunkering site at an abandoned


warehouse in Ogbogoro area of Obio/Akpor local government area of
Rivers State a suburb of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State Capital.
 The Commandant of the Nigeria Navy Ship NNS Pathfinder in Port
Harcourt, the Rivers State Capital, Commodore Sanusi Ibrahim who led
journalists to the illegal site on Thursday said five persons including
an engine repairer were arrested at the scene.
Commodore Sanusi Ibrahim represented by the Base Operation Officer,
Lieutenant Commodore Sunday Katuka Haruna said over five hundred
drums loaded with illegally refined petroleum products were seen at
the site.

He said” NNS Pathfinder operations is geared towards achieving the
mandate of the Chief of Naval Staff strategic guidance and zero
tolerance for Crude oil theft and other activities within the Niger Delta
this raid will continue until we reduce it to the barest minimum.”

He said the the illegal containers had been arranged in each
compartment and each compartment contained 100 drums, and we
have over 20 compartments and each of theses drums contains about
350 liters of illegally refined AGO(diesel).” The seizure is the
equivalent of 22 tankers of 33,000 liters.

The Commander of NNS Pathfinder Commodore Sanusi Ibrahim called
on the public to continue to provide the Navy and other security
agencies with timely information to enable it rid the country of oil
thieves and pipeline vandals.

Over two hundred polythene bags and a wooden Contonou boats load
with illegally refined oil were also discovered at the Ogbogoro illegal
oil site.They were all impounded by the Navy.