August 08, (THEWILL) – The Air Component of Operation Delta Safe (OPDS) has destroyed boats carrying stolen crude oil in the Niger Delta.
Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, NAF Director of Public Relations, in a statement, said the operation was executed on Saturday, near Bille, a riverine area located west of Bonny Island and south of Port Harcourt, in Rivers State.
Gabkwet said the boats were seen extracting crude oil from a pipeline.
He said the crew also uncovered “an operating illegal refining site with tanks and reservoirs full of suspected illegally refined products, roughly 4 miles south-east of Idama, also in Rivers.
“Air strikes against these economic saboteurs will be sustained until they desist from their acts of thievery and economic sabotage.
“The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has since directed all air component commanders nationwide to ensure they team up with other security agencies to sustain air strikes on all criminal elements in the country.
“He said that the days of treating criminal elements with kid gloves are over, saying that NAF must continue on its trajectory until they bring all of them to their knees.”
