The brouhaha over the activities of the militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers got heightened as it has announced fresh attacks on major oil and gas installations in Nigeria.
The militant group said it carried out attacks on facilities operated by Chevron and the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC. It said it bombed an NNPC pipeline conveying crude to Warri refinery in Delta State on Friday night.
Between Saturday night and early Sunday morning, the group announced four more attacks against oil facilities. All the reported attacks happened in Delta State.
“At 11:26 p.m. on Saturday, @NDAvengers blow up (sic) two NPDC major crude trunk lines close to Batan Flow Station in Delta State.
“At 1:15 a.m. on Sunday, @NDAvengers blow (sic) up two major Chevron oil wells. Well 7 and Well 8 close to Abiteye Flow Station in Delta State,” the group said in tweets posted on its Twitter handle. The group also said all the attacks were carried out by one “strike team.”
The rationale behind these attacks beat ones imagination after over two weeks lull and negotiation with the government. Though, there have been reports of breakdown of negotiation between the group and the federal government.
In an attempt to pacify the militants, the Nigerian government in June ordered troops to cease further assault. If these attacks are indeed confirmed, the federal government might reconsider it’s approach to the militant group.
