Delta bunkers busted

on November 9, 2017

Crackdown on oil theft continues.

Army destroys 46 oil bunker sites in Niger Delta

The Nigerian Army said it had destroyed 46 illegal bunker sites in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa and Rivers at the just-concluded Exercise Crocodile Smile II.

Col. Aminu Iliyasu, Spokesman of 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, said in a statement that several wooden boats and barges loaded with huge quantity of crude oil were seized.

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Source: guardian.ng

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