Soldiers seize 50,000 litres of crude oil

The troops of the Nigerian Army have seized 50,000 litres of crude oil and 57 sacks of illegally-refined automation gas oil in Imo State.

The troops also destroyed an illegal refining site and cooking oven during operations at the criminals’ illegal refining sites in Oguta and Ohaji/Egbema Local Government of Imo State.

The development came as crude oil thieves shifted their illegal activities to the Southeast.

Troops of 302 Artillery and 14 Field Engineer Regiments impounded two locally-made Artillery Projectile Launchers from the Indigenous People of Biafra/Eastern Security Network (IPOB/ESN) fighters.

The Director of Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement yesterday.

He said the operations were carried out on October 16.

According to Nwachukwu, the artillery weapons, armed with projectiles, were seized alongside other items, “as troops swooped on the dissident fighters, who fled in disarray, deserting their camp on sighting troops’ advancement.”

He said during the operation, troops arrested one IPOB fighter and recovered 48 rounds of 7.62 mm NATO ammunition, four mobile phones, one handheld communication radio and a substance suspected to be cannabis.

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