From News24 Nigeria
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| Pipeline Destruction |
An Urhobo militant group, Niger Delta Greenland Justice
Movement (NDGJM) has blown up a pipeline operated by Nigeria Petroleum
Development Company, NPDC, and Shorelines Petroleum Nigeria in Delta
State, Daily Post reports.
This
is happening as militant group Niger Delta Avengers and some other
militant groups are presently in talks with federal government over a
possible stop to attacks on oil facilities in the Niger Delta region by
the militants.
The pipeline, which is a major delivery line for
NPDC, was blown up at 3.am on Tuesday despite the ongoing military drill
in the Niger Delta region code-named, “Operation Crocodile Smile.”
A statement by the group’s leader, “Gen” Aldo Agbalaja, said the attack was carried out by its Uproot Team B, adding that it was also launching “Operation Crocodile Tears” in response to the military’s “Operation Crocodile Smile.”
A statement by the group’s leader, “Gen” Aldo Agbalaja, said the attack was carried out by its Uproot Team B, adding that it was also launching “Operation Crocodile Tears” in response to the military’s “Operation Crocodile Smile.”
The statement reads in part, “With the launch of
their ‘Operation Crocodile Smile’, the Niger Delta Greenland Justice
Mandate is also serving a notice on the commencement of our ‘Operation
Crocodile Tears.’ It shall from now on be an eye for an eye; for every
military atrocity carried out in the creeks and hinterland of the Niger
Delta, the Nigerian armed forces will have the Niger Delta Greenland
Justice Mandate to contend with.”
“To this end, we are alerting all those working in the UQCC/UPS Erhomukokwarien in Ughelli, Eriemu Pigging Manifold in Agbarha, Otorogun Gas Plant, Olomoro Flow Station, Warri Refinery, Port Harcourt Refinery, Eleme, OB-OB and Obite gas plants in Omoku to evacuate because what is coming to those facilities are beyond what anybody has seen before.
“We do not want innocent blood being spilled, therefore, we advise all indigenes living in the vicinities of the facilities to relocate for the time being.”
“To this end, we are alerting all those working in the UQCC/UPS Erhomukokwarien in Ughelli, Eriemu Pigging Manifold in Agbarha, Otorogun Gas Plant, Olomoro Flow Station, Warri Refinery, Port Harcourt Refinery, Eleme, OB-OB and Obite gas plants in Omoku to evacuate because what is coming to those facilities are beyond what anybody has seen before.
“We do not want innocent blood being spilled, therefore, we advise all indigenes living in the vicinities of the facilities to relocate for the time being.”
Meanwhile the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) has written an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari according to News24.
According
to the open letter, the militants advised President Buhari to be more
open to negotiation, while stating that Nigeria does not belong to him
as an individual.
In addition, the NDA claimed that military
action would not help the President win the oil war, stating that
planned military intervention in the Niger Delta is nothing more than
pre-planned genocide on the people of the state.
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