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Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshall Sadiq Abubakar

NAF destroys oil barges containing stolen oil products in Niger Delta

Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshall Sadiq Abubakar

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has successfully destroyed some oil barges, containing stolen oil products, at Adokiakiri community in the Niger Delta.

According to Olatokunbo Adesanya,  Air Commodore, Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force, the illegal oil barges and storage facilities were spotted by the NAF EC-135 Helicopter during an armed reconnaissance mission on 5 November, 2017 and they were all subsequently destroyed.

The NAF, the statement stressed, remains resolute in making oil theft and illegal bunkering unprofitable.

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