Militants Blow Up New Oil Pipeline In Niger Delta

                      

Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDGJM), yesterday, resumed its attack on oil facilities in the region by blowing up the Afiesere-Iwhrenene, a major delivery line in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State.

The attack is coming about a month after the group carried out its last attack on oil facilities. The affected line is the Afiesere-Iwhrenene delivery line links the UPS/UQCC line operated by the Nigeria Petroleum Development Company (NPDC).

Claiming responsibility for the attack, spokesman of the NDGJM, Aldo Agbalaja, said the attack was “a mark of our faith to totally ground the Nigerian oil economy.”

Agbalaja reiterated the call on residents living close to marked pipelines to vacate without further delay, insisting that the marked facilities have been rigged with explosives waiting to be detonated.

“Our patience is running out on our people living close to major oil and gas facilities in the upland areas of our region, the more critical assets of the oil sector are still alive because we are being careful not to hurt our people. For the last time, leave these areas if you live around them and if you love your lives,” he stated.

 “our people have never succumbed to intimidation before, rather we match force with the oppressor’s brutality.

“The Nigerian government should already know that the people of this part are not fools, who will not be able to see when they are being treated with disdain

“The High Command of the Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate once again says to the deceptive and untrustworthy Nigerian government and its cowardly armed forces: our people shall not deal with you on your terms, but on mutual terms.

“Until you drop these deceptive and master/servant pose, Operation Crocodile Tears shall persist.”