FG repairs damaged NGC pipeline

The Federal Government has ignored the threat of the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, not to repair oil facilities blown up by the militant group during the period of conciliation for dialogue or risk resumption of hostilities.

“We are going to redirect and reactivate all our activities if the government, oil companies and their services firms do not heed these modest warnings of not carrying out repair works and suspend the buying of crude oil from our region, as we await the right atmosphere that will engender genuine dialogue,” the militant group had warned on June 13.It was gathered that government was carrying out repairs on the Nigeria Gas Company, NGC, pipeline recently destroyed by militants at Ubefan Creek in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State with heavy military presence.

Niger Delta Avengers bombed the said pipeline on Wednesday, May 26. It confirmed in a tweet, May 27: “At 11.45 on Thursday, @NDAvengers blew up other NNPC Gas and Crude trunk line close to Warri pipeline that was heavily guarded by military.”