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Personnel of Operation Delta Sanity have recovered a total of 8,764,080 litres of stolen crude oil and other products valued at N7.4bn during operations conducted between February 19 and 28, 2024.
The operations spanned multiple locations including Brass River, Akassa, Lagosgbene, Tebidaba, and Oyeregbene in Bayelsa; Abuloma, Abonnema, Woji, and Taraba jetty in Borikiri, Rivers State; Uyenghe in Ibaka area of Cross River State; Agadagba in Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State and Agbojeto Akorin in Lagos.
According to Rear Admiral Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, Director of Information, Nigerian Navy, “In summary, three IRS, 15 ovens, two reservoirs, eight wooden boats, and one fiber boat were appropriately handled during the period under review.”
The statement further detailed, “Additionally, oil thieves were denied about 55,120 bbls (8,764,080 litres) of product suspected to be stolen crude oil, 141,200 litres of illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil, and 9,000 litres of illegally siphoned Premium Motor Spirit amounting to the sum of N7.4bn only.”
A wooden boat from Cameroon was among those intercepted, laden with about 5,100 litres of product suspected to be illegally siphoned Premium Motor Spirit concealed under other utility items.
Comparing with previous weeks, there was an increase in the number of seized ovens, wooden, and speed boats. Rear Admiral Ayo-Vaughan emphasized, “the week under focus witnessed an increase in the quantity of crude oil, Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), and Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) denied oil thieves during the period in focus. This gives credence to the effectiveness of Nigerian Navy anti-crude Oil Theft operations.”
In 2023, Nigerian Navy’s operatives recovered 803,353.20 barrels of crude oil valued at N105bn. Operations also led to the destruction of 703 illegal refining sites, 690 Cotonou boats laden with stolen crude, and 116 speed boats in the same year.
