Troops of Operation Delta Safe have in the last two weeks deactivated 39 illegal refineries within the Niger Delta region, IgbereTV reports.
This is according to a briefing by the Directorate of Defence Media Operations.
The troops are said to have continued to sustain their operational tempo in the fight against illegal oil production and other sundry crimes through kinetic and non-kinetic means in the South-South Zone.
In the military’s communique, the Defence Head Quarters disclosed that troops’ land, maritime and air operations within the past 2 weeks yielded appreciable results and forestalled activities of vandals as well as other economic saboteurs in the oil-rich Niger Delta region.
