The commander of the
Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS), Delta, Commodore Ibrahim Dewu, says Delta has
destroyed about 1,500 illegal refineries with swamp buggy in the Delta
creeks in the last two months.
Vanguard reports that Commodore Dewu, who disclosed this to newsmen in
Warri on Wednesday, July 4, said that the destruction exercise was
carried out in the creeks of Otumara.
NAIJ.com gathers that swamp buggy is an amphibious vehicle used to
traverse a swampy terrain. According to Dewu, personnel of the command
are currently on the Bennett Island in Warri South local government area
of the state in continuation of the exercise.
He said that in order to prevent naval officers and the swamp buggy from
gaining access to the sites, the perpetrators usually block the
entrances with logs or set fires around the sites.
The commander said: “It takes us time to remove the logs for our men and
the swamp buggy to have access but we are determined. The antics of the
criminal elements will not deter us from eradicating the illegality
with the aide of swamp buggy which I believe will bring a lasting
solution to economic sabotage.
"We decided to apply swamp buggy because it is more environment friendly
and difficult for the perpetrators to resuscitate the illicit business
since their facilities are also crushed completely in the process. Apart
from that, we also do post-monitoring of the various sites we have
destroyed to ensure that the criminals do not return to reactivate them.
"So far, the exercise has been successful and we will not rest on our
oars until the illegalities are completely eradicated in our maritime
domain."
According to report, in one of the operations on June 12, the
perpetrators set fire around the sites so as to prevent soldiers from
gaining entry, but the naval officers were able to gain access and
destroyed the criminals' equipment.
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