As reported the Joint Military Task Force in collaboration with Ex-Militants stationed in Our Waterways (Delta, Edo and Ondo) are making frantic and commendable efforts towards winning the War of Oil Theft & Bunkering and also the demolition of some Local and Illegal Oil Refineries whose end products are harmful and poisonous to Locals who are the major consumers to Risk.
As it could be recalled also that the Oil Facility Surveillance Limited has recorded huge successes in the fight against illegal operations by Oil Thieves who are ravaging our waterways. Mr. Government Ekpemupolo a.k. (TOMPOLO) an Ex-Agitator in the region is also the Convener and Director of OFSL an Oil Surveillance Firm in the NIGER DELTA he is no doubt making Real Time advances as drastic efforts has been recorded lately which has heralded an increase in production of Crude Oil and also provided jobs for the the Youths in the Region.
Even though much criticism has greeted the operations of Tompolo and his Team by a cross section of the media but it could be recalled that his impart is hugely felt, as he has provided succor for many via his deal with the Federal Government in Surveiling Oil Facilities in the Delta.
The Tompolo Foundation has made meaningful imparts also on the lives of many, as he has metamorphosed from An ex-agitator to a "HOPE GIVER"
Nobody Can help Secure Your BACKYARD better than Yourself...
MOA,
Below is a detailed recent PROGRESS REPORTS of Oil Surveilance Operations in the Delta lately as reported by NIYI BELLO, AKURE, ALEMMA-OZIORUVA ALIU AND MICHAEL EGBEJULE, BENIN CITY NEWS - NATIONAL
THIRTY-FIVE ILLEGAL REFINERIES already abandoned by their operators in the Creeks that connect the Three States of Ondo, Edo and Delta were set ablaze by Security operatives at the weekend.
The action was taken in a joint operation carried out by personnel of the amphibious arm of the Nigeria Army, the Navy, Marine Police and Gallery Security Services, a private concern owned by an Ex-Militant, Bibopiri Ajube.
Also destroyed by the operatives were 18 LOCAL BOATS and Nine Barges with which the illegal operators who steal Crude Oil from Pipelines and other Oil installations and refine them through unsophisticated means that always leave the environment ecologically ravaged, carry out their nefarious activities.
The Joint Task Force (JTF) under whose auspices the operation targeted at ridding the Creeks of Criminal Economic activities was carried out, was made up of soldiers from the 19th Battalion of the Army in OKITIPUPA, ratings from the Forward Operational Base of the Navy in IGBOKODA and other Security Agencies.
Last week, Officials of the Private outfit, which is collaborating with the Federal Government in the maintenance of security in the difficult terrain of the western flank of the Niger Delta region, intercepted five barges that contained 1.65 million litres of stolen crude from pipeline vandals.
The two-day operation, which lasted about two hours each day, took the team to the creeks of Dababilebu, Akitogbo, Adiloseimo, Obontonu and Akina-Zion where most of the illegal facilities were located.
Residents of the communities in the area lamented that the illegal activities of the refineries had further devastated their environment and that all their sources of fresh water had been polluted leaving them with the only option of travelling several kilometres in search of potable water.
They also complained that kerosene produced from the Illegal Refineries had led to the destruction of many lives and property in the area because of its crude means of processing which made it highly inflammable.
One of the victims of kerosene explosion, Aprebisekumo Epijowori, told the JTF team at Akina-Zion that the locally produced kerosene was responsible for the burns all over his body, which had paralysed one of his legs.
He commended Ajube and the JTF team for their efforts at ridding his areas of oil thieves and pledged to offer instant information whenever the criminals decided to resume their operations.
Ajube who gave N200, 000 instantly to Epijowori to seek Medical treatment, appealed to residents of the area to cooperate with the efforts of JTF and his security team aimed at ridding the areas of oil thieves.
A senior army officer commended Ajube’s security outfit for its relentless efforts at ridding the Niger Delta areas of all forms of criminal activities.
He said: “Without the support of the Gallery Security Services, the operation of the JTF would not have been successful because it was the firm that discovered the illegal refineries, the Boats and Barges being used by the Criminals to carry out their Acts.”
The Army Officer promised that the exercise would be a continuous one and vowed that the task force would not stop until the Nigerian water ways and pipelines were safe for legitimate businesses.
-@MOAgbajoh
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