Another set of illegal oil barges have been destroyed by the Nigerian Air Force.
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), says it has destroyed another set of illegal oil barges in Rivers.
Group Capt. Ayodele Famuyiwa,
NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, in a statement issued
on Sunday in Abuja, said the barges were filled with stolen oil.
According
to Famuyiwa two of the latest barges filled with stolen oil were set
ablaze by NAF helicopters on armed patrol around Okoromabie in the
South-East of Port Harcourt Refinery.
Famuyiwa
explained that the third barge, surrounded by canoes carrying drums,
was sited at Onne, while individuals around the barge and canoes fled.
He explained further that the barge and drums did not explode, indicating the possibility of being empty.
“The
latest operations like the previous ones are clear pointers to the fact
that it is no longer profitable to steal crude oil in Nigeria,” Famuyiwa said.
The
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that NAF, had in the past one
month, destroyed a number of illegal refineries and oil barges in
Rivers.
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