The
report further stated that NNPC spent N33.994 billion for pipeline repairs and
management during the period under review.
Our correspondent recalled that on June 16, 2016 rampaging
Niger-Delta Avengers hit 14 targets. The NDA in a recent post on its twitter claimed
responsibility for the bombing of yet another pipeline at Akwa Ibom state.
The pipeline, which
belongs to The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), was bombed three
days after the federal government offered to dialogue with the militants.
The NNPC pipeline, located at Oruk Anam local government area of
Akwa Ibom state was wrecked by militants at about4.am that fateful day.
Check revealed that
the latest incident has added to 14 the number of hits successfully carried out
by the avengers between May and June, 2016.
For instance on Wednesday February 10, avengers claimed responsibility for
the Bonny Soku Export Gas line attack, saying that the group also attacked
Agip Brass crude oil pipelines in Bayelsa, Escravos in Warri Delta state,
a crude oil pipeline in Escravos Lagos and Abuja gas pipeline,
Alero Dibi Abiteye crude oil pipeline and also, the Escravos -Abiteye gas line.
Three days after on Saturday, February 13,
2016 blew up another major export line
being operated by the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC).
Friday, February 19, the avengers again bombed the Clough Creek
Tebidaba Agip Pipeline Manifold in Bayelsa State.
Below are some of
the hits recorded by the avengers:
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 – At about 10:40pm,
the Niger Delta Avengers said it had blown up the Chevron valve platform.
The avengers claimed the platform is the most significant platform for Chevron
because it is the main connecting point linking other platforms and it is
also a fulcrum to Chevron’s Blow Out Preventer (BOP) and the Chevron tank farm.
Thursday, May 5, 2016 – The avengers group
wrote on its website that the group’s Strike Team 4 hit the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) crude and gas lines.
Thursday, May 5, 2016 – Strike Team 7 of
the Niger Delta avengers blew up Well D25 in Abiteye belonging to Chevron.
Saturday, May 21, 2016 – The NDA group blew
up Nembe 1, 2 and 3 Brass to Bonny Trunk Line belonging to Agip and Shell.
Wednesday, May 25, 2016 – “We Warned #Chevron
but they didn’t Listen. @NDAvengers just blew up the Escravos tank farm Main
Electricity Feed PipeLine” the NDA group posted on its page.
Thursday, May 26, 2016 – On this day at
11:45pm, the NDA group blew up another #NNPC Gas and Crude trunk line close to
Warri despite the presence of the Military guarding the facility.
Tuesday, May 31, 2016 – The avengers said
despite the heavy presence of 100 gunboats, 4 warships and jet bombers, they
blew up Chevron Oil Well RMP 23 and RMP 24.
Thursday, June 2, 2016 – “At about 2:00am
today @NDAvengers blew up the Ogboinbiri to Tebidaba and Clough Creek to
Tebidaba Crude Oil pipelines in Bayelsa State” the avengers claimed on its
Twitter page.
Thursday, June 2, 2016 – The Avengers blew
up the SPDC Forcados 48″ Export line. The reason given by the Avengers for the
attack was that they warned SPDC not to go ahead with repair works but they
refused.
Friday, June 3, 2016 – The NDA group said
it blew up the Obi Obi Brass Trunk line belonging to Agip ENI. The Avengers
claimed it is Agip’s major crude oil line in Bayelsa State.
Thursday, June 16, 2016 – The group claimed
responsibility for the attack on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC) pipeline in Oruk Anam Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom.
But, NDA gave the FG stringent
conditions when it indicated interest to dialogue with the Muhammed Buhari-led
regime on how best to go about bringing peace to the Niger-Delta region.
Mudoch Agbinibo, spokesman for the
militant group in a recent statement posted on the site of the group said that
“the avenger was ready to negotiate with the government if there are good
grounds for such deliberation”.
According to Agbinibo, “the high command
of the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) is using this medium to restate that there
are no new items to put on the table for dialogue, we only want a genuine
attitude and conducive atmosphere that will make us commit to any proposed
dialogue and last peace talk.”
The militants however insisted that NDA cannot be teleguided by
Charles Okah and Henry Okah from their respective prison cells using
disorganized characters of the All Progressive Congress (APC), from
the Niger Delta to impress Abuja.
Therefore, Chief Edwin Clark, a frontline elder from the region
has been approved to lead the Pan Niger Delta Negotiations/Dialogue Team,
whenever this wicked entity called Nigeria shows readiness.
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