An illegal oil refinery near Dariama in Rivers State was on Friday destroyed by the Nigerian Airforce jet belonging to the Air Component, Operation Delta Safe.
Director of NAF Public Relations and Information, Commodore Edward Gabkwet disclosed this in a statement on Friday.
He said the site was observed to be active with tanks filled with suspected illegal refined products.
“The Air strike, which was intelligence-driven, took out the illegal oil refining site situated at Dariama Village, a locality about 20 Kilometers South west of Abonnema and 50 Kilometers South west of Portharcourt, Rivers State,” he said.
“It is important to note that this illegal site was observed to be active with tanks and reservoirs filled with suspected illegal refined products,” he added.
