We’ve Recovered 500,000 Litres Of Crude Oil In The Past 7 Days – DHQ

The Defence Headquarters has come out to say that troops of Operation Delta Safe have recovered a total of 578,900 litres of stolen crude oil, 454,330 litres of illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil, and 10,000 litres of Dual Purpose Kerosene in the last one week.

The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba recently revealed this to the press, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, the troops eliminated four criminals, recovered arms and ammunition, and also destroyed 245 dugout pits, 31 boats, 69 storage tanks, one tricycle, 23 vehicles, 162 cooking ovens, one pumping machine, and three outboard engines.

DHQ added that the troops also neutralised a notorious criminal and recovered one locally made pistol on November 14 in the Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River.

His words, “On Nov. 15, troops with hybrid forces raided suspected drugs peddlers.

The maritime component of Operation Delta Safe on Nov. 17, conducted a search and rescue operation following a distress call on a missing Cameroonian-flagged motor Fishing Vessel MFV AFKI with registration number UK12 and number AFKI 8432780.

After frantic surveillance, maritime component traced and made contact with the vessel 17 nautical miles off Pennington terminal.

The vessel was recovered with two foreign crew members onboard.”