Daring militants on Monday blasted an oil pipeline belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in Batan community in Warri South West Local Government area of Delta State.
Security sources said that the incident occurred at SPDC Camp Five at about 1a.m. with a huge fire enveloping the site of the attack.
“Suspected militants attacked SPDC pipeline in Batan at about 1a.m. with dynamites. As I am talking to you now, the place is engulfed with fire but efforts were being made to put it off”, he said.
Another community source confirmed the incident, claiming that he heard a huge explosion in the midnight only to discover it was a pipeline belonging to SPDC that was blasted.
He said: “We heard a huge explosion when we were sleeping. We rushed out and found that SPDC pipeline was on fire. We are not sure whether it was militants that caused it or not”, he said.
Niger Delta Advengers (NDA), the militant group breaching oil facilities in the Niger Delta, is yet to claim responsibility at the time of filing this report.
Instead, the group claimed on Monday it did not have any meeting with the Minister of Youths and Sports, Solomon Dalung, at Oporoza in Warri South West Local Government area of Delta State
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