Barely a day after leaders of the Niger Delta had a
meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari , militants of
the oil rich region said they had carried out yet another
attack on one of the major oil facilities of the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) .
An eye witness account said multiple explosions were
heard by midday Wednesday, with balls of fire engulfing
the vicinity within the Batan Flow Station in Ekweregbene
community in Delta State .
A spokesman of the Niger Delta Avengers said that “Even
the security operatives manning the area were surprised
by the attack, which is a warning signal of what is to
follow , if the ongoing meeting in Abuja is not stopped.
“Needed attention should be paid to our demands , which
include that all intentional oil companies operating in the
Niger Delta region should first of all suspend oil
exploration pending resolution of the issues in the
region , ”
Insinuations are ripe that the latest attack by the
militants might not be unconnected with the beginning
of repair work on the pipeline.
to continue bombings
Meanwhile, the Joint Military Task Force deployed to the
Niger Delta to protect oil facilities on Wednesday
confirmed that there was an attack at an oil field
operated by NPDC in Delta .
According to spokesman for the joint force code- named
“Operation Delta Safe , ’’ Lt.- Col . Olaolu Daudu, troops
deployed to the area heard an explosion at the Bantan
Flow Station run by NPDC, a subsidiary of NNPC,
He said , “ Troops of Operation Delta Safe located at
Sector 1 , in Delta while on routine patrol heard an
explosive sound caused by suspected economic
saboteurs at Batan Flow Station around Ekweregbene ,
Bantan general area. The incident is however, being
investigated and details will be made available as events
unfold ”, he offered.
An NNPC official said with the development , Nigeria will
lose about 200, 000 barrels of oil per day until repair work
is done on the damaged facilities.
This could jeopardize Nigeria ’ s plan to raise its
production quota to make up for the losses it has been
suffering in the past months at the hands of the
militants, which reduced the country’ s outputs from 2 .2
million bpd to about 1 .3 million bpd.
meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari , militants of
the oil rich region said they had carried out yet another
attack on one of the major oil facilities of the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) .
An eye witness account said multiple explosions were
heard by midday Wednesday, with balls of fire engulfing
the vicinity within the Batan Flow Station in Ekweregbene
community in Delta State .
A spokesman of the Niger Delta Avengers said that “Even
the security operatives manning the area were surprised
by the attack, which is a warning signal of what is to
follow , if the ongoing meeting in Abuja is not stopped.
“Needed attention should be paid to our demands , which
include that all intentional oil companies operating in the
Niger Delta region should first of all suspend oil
exploration pending resolution of the issues in the
region , ”
Insinuations are ripe that the latest attack by the
militants might not be unconnected with the beginning
of repair work on the pipeline.
to continue bombings
Meanwhile, the Joint Military Task Force deployed to the
Niger Delta to protect oil facilities on Wednesday
confirmed that there was an attack at an oil field
operated by NPDC in Delta .
According to spokesman for the joint force code- named
“Operation Delta Safe , ’’ Lt.- Col . Olaolu Daudu, troops
deployed to the area heard an explosion at the Bantan
Flow Station run by NPDC, a subsidiary of NNPC,
He said , “ Troops of Operation Delta Safe located at
Sector 1 , in Delta while on routine patrol heard an
explosive sound caused by suspected economic
saboteurs at Batan Flow Station around Ekweregbene ,
Bantan general area. The incident is however, being
investigated and details will be made available as events
unfold ”, he offered.
An NNPC official said with the development , Nigeria will
lose about 200, 000 barrels of oil per day until repair work
is done on the damaged facilities.
This could jeopardize Nigeria ’ s plan to raise its
production quota to make up for the losses it has been
suffering in the past months at the hands of the
militants, which reduced the country’ s outputs from 2 .2
million bpd to about 1 .3 million bpd.
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