The Nigerian Air Force (NAF)’s Air Component of Operation Delta Safe has executed air strikes, obliterating six illegal oil refining sites near Opu Arugbana in Degema, Rivers State.
The precision strikes carried out on December 23, 2023, targeted and destroyed these active illegal sites located within an 80-meter radius.
Part of the statement read:
”In continuation of efforts to rid the Niger Delta Region of activities of oil thieves and oil pipeline vandals, air strikes by the Air Component of Operation Delta Safe, on 23 December 2023, destroyed 6 illegal oil refining sites in Opu Arugbana in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State.
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”The illegal sites were sighted clustered within a radius of about 80 metres at a location about 6 nautical miles south of Opu Arugbana.
”Having been confirmed to be active, authorization was obtained to destroy the 6 sites, thus discouraging the criminals from continuing with their acts of illegality.