# Nigerian Navy reports recovery of suspected stolen crude in Rivers State

> The Navy said it found about 132,000 litres of suspected stolen crude in ten dugout pits at Allison community in Bonny on 22 October.

- **Source date:** 2026-10-24
- **Original source:** [Voice of Nigeria](https://von.gov.ng/nigerian-navy-intercepts-132000-litres-stolen-crude-in-rivers/)
- **Reading time:** 3 min read
- **Language:** English
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- **Keywords:** Nigeria, Oil, Crude oil theft, Rivers State, Security, Petroleum supply, Operational update

## Discovery in Bonny

Voice of Nigeria reported on 24 October 2026 that the Nigerian Navy had uncovered about 132,000 litres of a substance suspected to be stolen crude oil in ten dugout pits at Allison community, in Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State. The Navy said the discovery was made on 22 October by personnel of Forward Operating Base Bonny during Operation Delta Sentinel, after receiving intelligence. The figure and characterization are attributed to the Navy; the report does not describe an independent laboratory confirmation of the substance or a separate audit of its volume. The location is in the Niger Delta, a region where oil theft and illicit petroleum handling are long-running security and production concerns.

[Voice of Nigeria](https://von.gov.ng/nigerian-navy-intercepts-132000-litres-stolen-crude-in-rivers/)

## Official account of the operation

The report quotes Navy Captain AA Folorunsho, Director of Naval Information, as saying the operation disrupted a potential storage point in the illicit petroleum supply chain. The Navy said the site and recovered products were handled according to applicable regulations. It described the action as part of intelligence-led efforts to locate concealed petroleum stockpiles and dismantle infrastructure supporting crude theft and unauthorized product movement. The account does not state that suspects were arrested, identify a production facility or pipeline linked to the pits, or describe where the recovered material was transferred. Those details should not be inferred from the reported discovery alone.

[Voice of Nigeria](https://von.gov.ng/nigerian-navy-intercepts-132000-litres-stolen-crude-in-rivers/)

## Community reporting and asset protection

The Navy called on community leaders, residents, traditional institutions and other local stakeholders to report suspected crude theft, illegal refining, suspicious petroleum storage and unauthorized movement of petroleum products to nearby security agencies. It said timely, credible information could help agencies respond before illicit operations expand. The article frames community cooperation as part of protecting petroleum assets, alongside continued security operations. It does not provide a new reporting hotline, describe a community monitoring programme or quantify how much oil theft has been prevented by public tips. The reported appeal is a general call for vigilance rather than evidence of a newly established reporting system.

[Voice of Nigeria](https://von.gov.ng/nigerian-navy-intercepts-132000-litres-stolen-crude-in-rivers/)

## Analysis and limits

A reported recovery of this size may interrupt one suspected storage node, but it cannot by itself show the scale of theft in Rivers State or the national impact on crude output. The item reports a Navy statement and provides no independent chain-of-custody record, assay, estimate of market value, arrests or comparison with broader oil-loss data. The description “suspected stolen crude” should therefore be retained when citing the volume. For a fuller assessment, relevant follow-up evidence would include confirmation of the material, the disposition of the recovered product, investigations or prosecutions, and regulator statistics on theft and pipeline losses over a defined period. The current report supports the discovery claim as attributed to the Navy, not a quantified estimate of recovered national production.

[Voice of Nigeria](https://von.gov.ng/nigerian-navy-intercepts-132000-litres-stolen-crude-in-rivers/)

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