Niger Delta Militancy Back Again?
Last week, it was being reported severally that the Escravos – Warri – Abuja – Lagos pipelines, the Abiteye flow station and Sagara to Chevron pipelines in Delta State were bombed. The attacks started on Thursday and are still taking place. Vanguard reports that it can cause another inter-ethnic war, and the military has been deployed to fish out vandals from villages. Attacks on oil installations in Delta State entered the third day, yesterday, as militants blew-up major crude oil and gas pipelines to the Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, Tank Farm in Warri South West Local Government Area of the state. Blown up on Friday night was the main crude line from Makaraba through Otunana and Abiteye to Escravos while Olero to Escravos gas line was attacked in the early hours of yesterday. Earlier on Thursday, the Escravos – Warri – Abuja – Lagos pipelines came under attack. The Itsekiri raised the alarm, yesterday, that the attacks could metamorphose into ...

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