Punch
8 August 2011
There were indications on Sunday that the military might have intensified its patrol of the waterways in the Niger Delta following the recent discovery of illegal oil refineries in the region.
The military Joint Task Force had in March, destroyed over 500 illegal oil refineries in the region in a move to curtail the destruction of oil pipelines and wellheads by oil thieves.
The JTF also destroyed over 600 illegal refineries in the region last December, an illegal business which industry experts say costs the country a loss of about 100,000 of crude oil per day.
The JTF spokesman, Lt. Col Timothy Antigha, who confirmed the renewed onslaught on the illegal oil business, noted that at least four suspects had been arrested in connection with the crime.
The military, he said, had considerably reduced the activities of the militants noting, however, that its major challenge was how to curb the illegal activities of the bunkerers who had resorted to local refining.
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