The Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDGJM) yesterday blew up the
Oviri-Otor trunkline in Delta State in the latest attack on oil and gas
facilities in the region by militants. The group claimed responsibility
for the destruction, just 24 hours after attacking a trunk line linking
the Quality Control Centre (QCC) in Ughelli.
Spokesperson for NDGJM, Aldo Agbalaja, said the attack was a message to
oil companies in the region that more destruction was on the way.
The facility belongs to the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) and Shoreline Energy International.
It was blown up at about 11pm on Friday.
In the meantime, troops of the Nigerian Navy are combing the creeks of
the Niger Delta region to arrest bombers of a pipeline belonging to the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in Delta State.
NDGJM advised the law enforcement agencies to shun the temptation of arresting the innocent for the group’s action.
It said:”In further execution of the OPERATION HAMMURABI CODE, the Akuma
Strike Team, at about 2300hour of Friday, October 14, 2016, bombed the
Oviri-Ogor Delivery line to the QCC in Ughelli. This is a message to,
not just SHORELINE and NPDC, the cooperators of this facility, but to
all of you who own facilities in the upland area of our land and are
still believing in the arms of flesh.
“This shall be the state of affairs until all of you adjust to taking
our land and the lives of our people seriously. The Niger Delta
Greenland Justice Mandate is not kidding with anybody and anybody should
not think this is just one of those coming around to beg for a morsel
of bread. Start a real and genuine engagement of real grassroots leaders
from the region, not the divide-and-rule pattern, and this campaign
shall cease.
“We, however, want to serve a warning to the Nigerian armed forces,
don’t want to use this to start going after innocent community people.
If you come in contact with us, it will not be a case of arrest, but a
test of arms strength; such an encounter will undoubtedly result to a
fight, so be warned.”
The navy, yesterday, said it remained resolute to its commitment to rid the region of illegalities.
It vowed to apprehend the recent bombers insisting that there was no hiding place for pipeline vandals in the region.
The Commander, Nigeria Naval Ship Soroh, Commodore Habib Usman, said the military was ready to deal with the hoodlums.
Usman spoke when he led a team of medical personnel to give free medical
testing and treatments to residents of Akenpai community in Yenagoa
Local Government Area of the state.
He said the recent bombings were part of efforts by miscreants to bring
disaffection between the various communities in the Niger Delta and the
government.
He, however, declared that the military was now more ready to deal with all forms of illegalities.
Sunday, 16 October 2016
Niger Delta Militants Attack Another NPDC Facility In Delta
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