DHQs
Sept. 4, 2025
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says troops of Operation Delta Safe foiled oil theft worth N545,872,819 in August.
The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Markus Kangye, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja while giving the monthly military operations briefing.
“They also destroyed 97 illegal refining sites and over 488 pieces of equipment, including storage tanks, boats, dugout pits and cooking ovens,” he said.
Kangye said that 17 suspects were apprehended across Rivers, Delta and Bayelsa states with arms, ammunition, explosives and N1.7 million cash recovered from them.(NAN)
