Troops of the 6 Division, Nigerian Army, have arrested 28 suspected oil thieves and dismantled four illegal refining sites during a series of coordinated operations across the Niger Delta.
The operations, conducted in collaboration with other security agencies between October 6 and 19, 2025, also led to the recovery of over 290,000 litres of stolen petroleum products.
According to the Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations for the Division, Lt.-Col Danjuma Jonah Danjuma, the raids formed part of the military’s ongoing Anti-Crude Oil Theft campaign aimed at curbing the activities of economic saboteurs in the oil-rich region.
Danjuma stated that several breakthroughs were recorded in Rivers State, where troops intercepted two wooden boats at Okrika in Okrika Local Council while they were being loaded with Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) from a vessel discharging at a nearby jetty.
Another two boats were also seized, one carrying over 33,000 litres of stolen products and another containing 5,000 litres, he added.
Danjuma reaffirmed the army’s commitment to sustaining the pressure on criminal networks engaged in crude oil theft and illegal refining, warning that such economic sabotage would no longer be tolerated.
Meanwhile, the Ijaw National Congress (INC) has declared that the Ijaw nation will no longer resort to militancy or violence in pressing for justice and resource control.
Speaking at the inauguration of the INC Eastern Zone Executive in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, National President of the group, Prof Benjamin Okaba, said the Ijaw struggle had entered a new era of intellectual and strategic engagement.
Okaba stressed that INC remains committed to confronting years of marginalisation against the Ijaw people through peaceful means.
He reiterated that the congress, as a liberation movement, would not be silenced in its demand for equity, fairness, and control of resources in the Niger Delta.
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