Niger Militants on Sunday blew up a crude
pipeline operated by Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell in Delta State.
The incident occurred at about 1:00 am near
Odimodi community in Delta State, a local source confirmed.
The pipeline had been previously targeted by
militants.
“Precisely on the 22nd of this month, there was a failed attempt
to attack the same facility, hence we were expecting that security in the area
would have been tightened, but we are really disappointed that they succeeded
this time,”a source said.
No group has claimed responsibility.
The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) militant group
has claimed a string of attacks against the state-run Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation as well as oil majors Shell, Chevron, Exxon and Eni since
February.
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