Militant group Niger Delta Avengers says it has blown up oil pipelines in Bayelsa and Rivers states.
Popular militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, has announced on its
official website, that it has blown up oil pipelines in Bayelsa and Rivers States in fresh attacks which were carried out between 3:00am and 5:00am on Friday, July 8.
Below is the statement;
"At about the of 3am to 5am the Niger Delta Avengers blowup Nembe 1, 2, 3 and Tebedaba brass trunk-line in Bayelsa/River States.
We still using this medium to warn the general public of impostors Facebook accounts. Niger Delta Avenger is not in Social network anymore.
Brig. Gen Mudoch Agbinibo
Spokesperon."
Desmond Agwu, the spokesperson of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) confirmed one of the attacks, saying suspected militants attacked an oil pipeline at Lasukugbene, belonging to Agip, a Nigerian oil company, in Rivers state.
He further disclosed that officials of the NSCDC engaged the militants in a gun battle after the attack on the oil installation.