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Nigerian Airforce carries out airstrikes on six illegal oil refining sites in Rivers state 

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has reported that the Air Component of Operation Delta Safe destroyed six illegal oil refining sites in Opu Arugbana, located in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers. 

This information was conveyed in a statement released by the Director of Public Relations and Information of NAF, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, on Tuesday in Abuja. 

Gabkwet explained that the air strikes were part of the ongoing efforts to eliminate the activities of oil thieves and oil pipeline vandals in the Niger Delta region. 

He noted that the illicit sites were identified clustered within a radius of approximately 80 meters at a location around 6 nautical miles south of Opu Arugbana. 

He said,