Militancy: Niger Delta Avengers blow up Chevron facility

It seems the new armed militant group in Nigeria's Niger Delta backwaters, known as Niger Delta Avengers, are becoming more deadly than expected with their recent bombings of oil companies' facilities in the region. In the spate of weeks, the militant group had bombed five major facilities belonging to different oil companies.

The latest bombing was done at the early hour of today, destroying the main pipeline that supplies gas that provides electricity to the Escravos tank farm in Delta state owned by Chevron.

In a tweet sent via its Twitter handle, @NDAvengers, the armed militant group, said the latest action was carried out after Chevron ignored its May 12 warning not to fix a major crude pipeline blown up by the group early in the month.

Minister of state for Petroleum Ibe Kachikwu and Information Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed had said the Federal Government will dialogue with the armed militant group to resolve the issue once and for all. The Nigerian government had unleashed its military force on the militant group but it has not yield any good result as the military suffered casualties in recent times.

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