By Joy Odor
Air Component of Operation Delta Safe (OPDS) in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria has destroyed 3 boats sighted tapping crude oil from a pipeline.
One of the operations occurred on Saturday 5 August 2023 at about 4 Nautical Miles South-East of Bille, a riverine area located west of Bonny Island and South of Port Harcourt, in Rivers State.
The Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet in a press statement noted that the, flying towards Port Harcourt, the crew also observed an active illegal refining site with tanks and reservoirs loaded with suspected illegal refined products, about 4 miles South-east of Idama in Rivers State.
According to him, the site was subsequently attacked and destroyed.
Meanwhile, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has directed all air component commanders nationwide to ensure they team up with other security agencies as they sustain air strikes on all criminal elements in the country.
CAS informed that air strikes against the economic saboteurs will be sustained until they desist from their acts of thievery and economic sabotage.
“The days of treating criminal elements in our country with kids’ gloves is over. We must continue on this trajectory until we bring all of them to their knees” he said.
