NAF airstrikes destroy 12 illegal refining sites in Abia, Rivers
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the Air Component of Operation Delta Safe destroyed 12 illegal refining sites and two reservoirs in airstrikes in Abia and Rivers states. llegal refining activities in the Niger Delta The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, AVM Edward Gabkwet, who made this known in a statement on Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Abuja, said the NAF had intensified efforts to minimise the activities of oil thieves and other economic saboteurs in the Niger Delta. He said that the armed reconnaissance undertaken by the aircraft revealed several illegal refining sites located in many fenced households at Umueze in Abia. He said the information was subsequently relayed to ground troops for further exploitation and necessary action. According to him, the illegal refining sites, which were subsequently destroyed, were observed hidden under thick vegetations around Owaza. “Thereafter, the crew followed the river line down to Komkom and Okoloma in Rivers State, where nin...