As part of Operation DELTA SANITY, the Nigerian Navy intensified efforts to curb crude oil theft in the Niger Delta. On Wednesday, 3 September 2025, Forward Operating Base BONNY intercepted and impounded a large wooden boat carrying a substantial quantity of stolen crude oil around Asaramatoro, Rivers State.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) DELTA discovered and dismantled three illegal refinery sites in Ogbe-Ijoh Creek, Warri South-West LGA, Delta State, seizing a wooden boat and several sacks containing products suspected to be stolen crude oil. The operation was conducted at Latitude 5.64187°N and Longitude 5.643628°E.
The following day, Thursday, 4 September 2025, NNS DELTA uncovered another illegal refinery site at Ode-Itsekiri Creek, Warri South-West LGA (Latitude 5.55945°N, Longitude 5.620835°E), where two dug-out pits containing large quantities of stolen crude oil were found.
The Navy said these operations are part of ongoing efforts to protect Nigeria’s oil resources and eliminate illegal refining activities in the region.
