Army charges troops to scale up fight against illegal oil bunkering in Rivers

The General Officers Commanding (GOCs), 6 and 82 Divisions of the Nigerian Army (NA), Major General Jamal Abdussalam and Major General Hassan Dada respectively have charged troops to scale up the fight against illegal oil bunkering in Rivers and Abia states. The two top military officers spoke when they jointly paid an operational visit to […]

The General Officers Commanding (GOCs), 6 and 82 Divisions of the Nigerian Army (NA), Major General Jamal Abdussalam and Major General Hassan Dada respectively have charged troops to scale up the fight against illegal oil bunkering in Rivers and Abia states.

The two top military officers spoke when they jointly paid an operational visit to the illegal oil bunkering sites located at Okoloma, Oyigbo Local Government Area (LGA)  and Umuahale area in Ukwa West LGA in Rivers and Abia States respectively on Thursday.

While at the fringes of the Imo River, deep into the thickly forested areas, the GOCs were conducted through a tour by the Commander, 6 Division Garrison, Brigadier General Edet Effiong and Commander 14 Brigade, Brigadier General Olusola Diya, where they saw the hub of illegal oil bunkering, shrouded with cooking pots, boilers, surface reservoirs and huge quantities of illegal products in dug-in reservoirs carefully concealed, under the thick forest with interconnected pipes spanning several kilometres. 

Similarly, troops deployed to Ekiti State have been ordered to root out kidnappers, bandits and other criminals within the 24 hours they have been given to comb the bushes.

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Addressing the troops at the Fajuyi Pavilion in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital yesterday, the Commander 32 Artillery Brigade, Akure, Brig-Gen. John Lar said the soldiers were deployed to flush out criminals tormenting the state.