New Militant Group Emerges, Breaches NPDC/Shoreline Trunk line in
Delta
There seems to be no solution in sight to the crisis
in the Niger Delta region as a new militant group, the Niger Delta Greenland
Justice Mandate (NDGJM), today claimed that it has breached a major
trunk/delivery pipeline to the Eriemu manifold in Urhoboland belonging to
Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) and Shoreline Resources.
The militant group, which claimed to be agitating for the
people of upland-the host communities to oil facilities-said they had been left
out of previous negotiations between the federal government and riverine
communities which host the same facilities in the past.
The group had announced its emergence last Tuesday with 48
hours ultimatum to all the oil
multinationals still in the upland of the region-Agip, Total, SHELL, Mobil, Shorelines,
NECONDE, E.D Western, SEPLAT and others to evacuate their personnel from the
region, especially in the Ogba/Egi axis of Rivers State, Urhobo/Isoko/Ndokwa
axis of Delta State and other upland oil producing areas.
It also threatened to blow up Warri and Port Harcourt
refineries as well as Utorogun gas plants in Ughelli South Local Government Area
of Delta State.
To establish its seriousness, the militant group claimed that
it brought down a major trunk/delivery line from Isoko to Eriemo manifold in
Urhobo at about 2 p.m.
"As a mark of our seriousness and to prove we are people
of our words, at about 0200hours of August 10, 2016, operatives of the NDGJM brought
down a major trunk/delivery line from Isoko to the Eriemu Manifold in Urhobo
land, belonging to the NPDC/Shoreline Resources," it claimed.
In a statement titled: ‘Operation Zero’ and signed by its
spokesperson, Aldo Agbalaja, the group said: "One was down and countless
more to go.
"The Central Operations Command of the NDGJM hereby
announces the commencement of demolition and evacuation of the uplands tagged: ‘Operation
zero’ to correct the wrongs that have afflicted our people for years, seek
justice for the perpetually cheated and protect the identities of our people
who are co-owners of the wealth which Nigeria has forever
misappropriated," it added.
The group warned operatives of the asset in NPDC/Shorelines
not to effect any repairs on the breached trunk line until signals are given or
else their personnel will be exposed to dangers.
"We would also want to use this medium to give a very
strong warning to the operatives of the asset NPDC/Shorelines not to commence
repairs pending when they get signals from us otherwise the inevitable may
occur to their personnel as we have earlier warned them to begin evacuating the
uplands," it warned.
The group noted that the attack was just a glimpse
of what would happen to other facilities penned down for destruction.
It declared: "This is just a glimpse of what is
to come, there are several assets already penned down for destruction. This
line of action has been made inevitable by an unjust system, which only
responds to the violence, to the detriment of the peaceful and law abiding
people."
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