 In the same vein, the flag officer commanding the Eastern River Command of the Niger Navy, Re-Radmeral Ibrahim Teo said that his men have intensified efforts in the fight against illegal oil bank growing and theft within their areas of responsibilities. Re-Radmeral Teo disclosed these in Portugal to the state capital during an undersports assessment of the ongoing operation in Takada, Paragu. The flag officer commanding Eastern River Command of the Nigerian Navy, Re-Radmeral Ibrahim Teo, embarked on an undersports assessment of the ongoing operation in Takada, Paragu, which was launched in April. He called on community leaders, youth and individuals where illegal refining is ongoing to collaborate with security agencies to curb crude oil theft in the Niger Delta region. Re-Radmeral Teo will let officers and men of the Nigerian Navy ship and an expert finder for the assessment said that the operation is aimed at checking illegal oil refinery in the region and also to complement the Godot message of the chief of naval staff on the success recorded during the operation. He added that the use of swan bogie has been a great help towards achieving success in the ongoing operation Takada, Paragu. And sometimes these criminals set the refinery or the access route into the refinery. They set it on fire while we are inside the illegal refinery sites. So these are the dangerous things that are happening while carrying out these operations. That was why we introduced the use of fairness suits and our firefighters are here of course. You can see them beside me while the swan bogie operation is ongoing. On his part, the commander of NNS Pathfinder, Kumodo Sulaiman Ibrahim said that the exercise has led to the arrest of over 70 suspected crude oil refiners in the state. He however assured the resident that the exercise is going to be continuous to help with an end to economic sabotage. They have this resilience in what they are doing and we can't get tired at all. So each time they get back there, we will do our surveillance. Once we observe that they have returned to these already cleared locations, we will equally follow up. Correspondents report that in the course of the assessment, the novel team visited illegal oil refineries in some communities, which include key billy cutting channel in the game or local government area of the state.