MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The Nigerian Navy seized an illegal oil refinery used by pirates for crude processing in Delta State, Nigerian oil producing region, Christian Ezekobe, director of information in the Nigerian Navy, said Wednesday.
"In the raid, which was carried out at Ogbe-Igoh community in Warri, Delta State, the Nigerian Navy team destroyed an illegal refinery site and one Cotonou boat containing about 50MT of stolen crude oil and 6 X 15, metal tanks containing illegal refined AGO," Ezekobe said, as quoted by the Today newspaper.
No arrest were made during the raid, as oil smugglers fled the site earlier, he added.
Earlier in June, the Nigerian Navy was reported to have found suspected pirate vessel MT DEJIKUN used to hijack Nigerian oil tanker MT MAXIMUS in February.
