By Joseph Erunke
ABUJA–IN its relentless effort to stop illegal oil bunkering in the Niger Delta, the Air Component of Operation Delta Safe has destroyed new set of barges and canoes used by oil thieves for conveying stolen petroleum products in Rivers State.

The Nigerian Air Force, in a statement, by its Director of Information , Ayodele Famuyiwa, yesterday, said while on armed patrol over Isaka and Bille towns, its helicopter sited and set ablaze two illegal oil barges and canoes containing drums filled with stolen products.

Another set of two barges, according to the Nigerian Air Force, were also destroyed in a similar operation conducted around Kidney Island and Alakiri town on last Thursday.

“The latest operations showed that illegal bunkering activities have resumed around Bille and environs.

“Nevertheless, the NAF will not relent in its pursuit to put an end to these acts of economic sabotage by ridding the region of these criminal elements, “the statement added.