He said several victims were successfully rescued from the debris and evacuated for urgent medical attention.
The Nigerian Navy says it has disrupted an emerging militant camp in the Soku axis of Rivers in its sustained campaign against maritime crime and militancy.
The Nigerian Navy says it has uncovered an estimated 52,600 litres of suspected stolen crude oil in Rivers.
He said such networks serve as critical links between illegal refining camps and end users.
“The location served as a meeting point and operational base for criminals who emerged from adjoining creeks to coordinate attacks,” he said.
Mr Folorunsho reaffirmed the Nigerian Navy’s commitment to sustaining intelligence-led operations.
About 260,000 litres of products suspected to be crude oil and 405,000 litres of illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) were discovered across the site.
The Nigerian Navy intercepted 130 bags of smuggled foreign parboiled rice during an anti-smuggling operation along the Badagry waterways in Lagos.
Mr Folorunsho said the operations had significantly degraded the capacity of criminal elements.
He said that the suspects intended to go to Europe.
