A new trend seems to be developing in the oil-
rich Niger Delta region, as yet another militant
group has emerged from Imo State. Acc. ording to a report on The Sun, a new militant
group called the "Red Scorpion" , has emerged in
Imo state, and already unleashed mayhem in oil
facilities in the Niger Delta region.
Imo state, and already unleashed mayhem in oil
facilities in the Niger Delta region.
The group reportedly claimed responsibility for
blowing up two pipelines belonging to Elf Oil
Company in Awara in Ohaji Egbema Council Area
of Imo State.
The militants in a post on their Facebook account
yesterday, had threatened to blow up the Shell
Pipelines in Oguta, saying that their threat should
not be taken as an empty one as they have the
capability to carry it out, and also warned that until
the oil producing areas in the state are given their
due, the oil companies operating in the areas will
know no peace.
Meanwhile, some of the ex-militants from the area,
who confirmed the existence of the new group,
said that they were not part of the renewed spate
of militancy. According to one of them, who
preferred anonymity, “people are angry and blowing
up pipelines is no longer news…”
Photo of the Bakassi militant group which recently
emerge from Akwa Ibom state
