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Nigerian Navy destroys 1500 illegal refineries in Delta State - Mhiz Rebecca - 07-04-2018
The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) has destroyed about
1500 illegal refineries with swamp buggy in the Delta
creeks in the last two months.
The Commander of the ship, Commodore Ibrahim
Dewu, disclosed this to newsmen in Warri today
saying Swamp buggy is an amphibious vehicle used to
traverse a swampy terrain. Dewu said the destruction
exercise was carried out in the creeks of Otumara,
Ogbegugu, Okpuku in the Warri creeks.
He added that personnel of the command were
currently on the Bennett Island in Warri South Local
Government Area of the state in continuation of the
exercise. He said that the perpetrators had devised
means of preventing the soldiers and the swamp
buggy from gaining access to the sites by blocking the
entrances with logs or setting fire around the sites.
The commander, however, said their antics would not
deter the soldiers from carrying out their statutory
obligation of completely eradicating illegalities in the
maritime domain. “It takes us time to remove the logs
for our men and the swamp buggy to have access but
we are determined,” he said.
He said the criminals’ activities were also contributing
to the degradation of the ecosystem. “The antics of the
criminal elements will not deter us from eradicating the
illegality with the aide of swamp buggy which I believe will
bring a lasting solution to economic sabotage. We decided
to apply swamp buggy because it is more environment
friendly and difficult for the perpetrators to resuscitate the
illicit business since their facilities are also crushed
completely in the process. Apart from that, we also do post-
monitoring of the various sites we have destroyed to ensure
that the criminals do not return to reactivate them. So far,
the exercise has been successful and we will not rest on our
oars until the illegalities are completely eradicated in our
maritime domain,” he said.
In one of the operations on Bennett Island on June 12,
the perpetrators set fire around the vicinity of the
illegal refinery to prevent the soldiers from entering.
The navy personnel then created alternative means for
themselves, journalists and the swamp buggy to gain
access and therefore, crushed the criminals’ equipment
amid thick smoke and rain.