Chief of Staff of Ikwerre local government council, Hon. Darlington Orji, disclosed this on Friday while speaking on a live radio programme monitored in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
Orji, who is the immediate-past state publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said out of the number, about 150 sites have been destroyed by the taskforce set up by chairman of the local government council, Hon. Samuel Nwanosike.
He stated that no fewer than 100 illegal refinery sites were uncovered at Ogbodo community in Isiokpo, headquarters of the local government area alone.
Meanwhile, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) Rivers State chapter, has warned against panic-buying of petrol in the state following the scarcity of the product in some states of the country.
IPMAN chairman in the state, Dr. Joseph Obelle, disclosed this while speaking in a radio programme also monitored in Port Harcourt.
Obele, who stated that there were sufficient supply of petrol in the state, however, expressed doubt over the ability of Nigeria to move out of embarrassing situations like the current importation of adulterated fuel to the country.