Clamping down on oil theft and associated crimes in the Niger Delta, troops of 6 Division, Nigerian Army, arrested 71 suspects and destroyed 14 illegal refining sites across states in the region.
In a statement yesterday by Acting Deputy Director, 6 Division Army Public Relations, Lt. Col. Danjuma Jonah, the Nigerian Army said troops also recovered over 33,000 litres of stolen refined petroleum products, in the operations conducted between July 21 and August 10.
Jonah disclosed that in Rivers State, along Kilometre 45 in Degema Local Government Area, two illegal refining sites were deactivated, and over 22,500 litres of stolen products recovered.
