FG ignores NDA's threat and goes on to fix damaged pipeline
Tue Jun 21, 2016 09:43:am National
1.5K By Buchi Obichie
The threat issued by the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, not to repair oil facilities blown up by the militant group during the period of conciliation for dialogue, has been ignored by the Federal Government. The militants had warned that any repairs during the period, would lead to a 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.
Calling the bluff of the NDA, and with a heavy military presence, the Federal Government is carrying out repairs on the Nigeria Gas Company, NGC, pipeline, which was recently destroyed by militants at Ubefan Creek in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State. NDA bombed the said pipeline on Wednesday, May 26.
Confirming the destruction in a tweet published on May 27, the militant group stated: "At 11.45 on Thursday, @NDAvengers blew up other NNPC Gas and Crude trunk line close to the Warri pipeline that was heavily guarded by the military."
Community sources disclosed that soldiers were escorting badges, tugboats loaded with equipment and personnel heading for the repairs of the damaged facility of the NGC, a subsidiary of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC,on Sunday.
"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.
Calling the bluff of the NDA, and with a heavy military presence, the Federal Government is carrying out repairs on the Nigeria Gas Company, NGC, pipeline, which was recently destroyed by militants at Ubefan Creek in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State. NDA bombed the said pipeline on Wednesday, May 26.
Confirming the destruction in a tweet published on May 27, the militant group stated: "At 11.45 on Thursday, @NDAvengers blew up other NNPC Gas and Crude trunk line close to the Warri pipeline that was heavily guarded by the military."
Community sources disclosed that soldiers were escorting badges, tugboats loaded with equipment and personnel heading for the repairs of the damaged facility of the NGC, a subsidiary of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC,on Sunday.
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