The Niger Delta Avengers has claimed responsibility for attacks on two oil pipelines – Shell’s Forcado 48 exportline and the Brass to Tebidaba Crude Oil Line in Bayelsa.
According to the group, the attack on Shell occurred at 3.00 am on Friday, June 3, 2016 while the Bayelsa pipeline attack occurred 30 minutes later. The Niger Delta Avengers says that oil giant, Shell refused to heed its warning to stop repair work on its Forcados facility.
“At 3:00 am today @NDAvengers blow up the SPDC forcados 48″ Exportline. We warned SPDC not to go ahead with repair works but they refuse,” the group announced micro-blogging website, Twitter.
“At about 3:30am our (@NDAvengers ) strike team Blow up the Brass to Tebidaba Crude oil line in Bayelsa.. #BOOM.”
https://twitter.com/NDAvengers/status/738633910712709120
https://twitter.com/NDAvengers/status/738586727850205186
Who are the Niger Delta Avengers
Niger Delta Avengers is a new militancy group that is operating in the oil-rich region of Southern Nigeria.
The militants say they are waging a war for a free Niger Delta Republic in what it tags, Operation Red Economy, with a view of halting crude oil production in Nigeria to force the government to grant the group’s demands.
The Niger Delta Avengers has presented an 11-point demand to President Muhammadu Buhari and the first is the implementation of the recommendations of the 2014 National Conference. [Download Conference report HERE.]
