Nigerian Air Force (NAF), says its Air Component of Operation Delta Safe, has destroyed two Illegal Refining Sites (IRS) situated along the banks of Imo River.
According to NAF Director of public relations and information, Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet, the feat was recorded after the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, conferred with Governor Alex Otti of Abia State on the setting up of a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Base in Abia State.
Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet, hinted that the illegal sites, located near Obiaku and in close proximity to the Imo/Abia/Rivers States borders, consisted of 2 tanks and a reservoir in one location and 3 tanks and 2 reservoirs in another location along the Imo Riverbank.