UGHELLI – MILITANTS in the Niger Delta region
have continued their onslaught on oil installations in
the area with the blowing up of the Chevron Valve
Platform in Abiteye, Warri North council area of
Delta State. The incident it was gathered occurred at
about 10:40pm on Wednesday.

Though the
company’s Public Affairs Manager, Deji Haastrup
could not be reached for comments on the incident,
on official of the Department of Security Services,
DSS who spoke on anonymity, confirmed the
incident adding that the platform was totally
destroyed with the use of dynamites.
The security source further hinted that the platform
is a major connecting point where all other
platforms link up and serves as a fulcrum to
chevron BOP and the Chevron Tank farm thereby
halting all operations of the company in the region.

Claiming responsibility for the incident, the Niger
Delta Avengers, a militant group in the region in a
statement on Wednesday night, while attributing the
incident to the effort of its strike Team 6, stated
that attack on the facility is in line with its promise
to the Nigerian government to cripple the economy.

The group which had earlier claimed responsibility
for destroying the Forcados 48-inch Export Pipeline,
also threatened to attack oil facilities in Lagos and
Abuja, the nation’s capital. “We want to pass this
message to the all international oil companies
operating in the Niger Delta that the Nigeria Military
can’t protect their facilities. They should talk to the
federal government to meet our demands else more
mishaps will befall their installations. “Until our
demands are met, no repair works should be done
at the blast site,” the group added.

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