Unrelenting Niger Delta militants, Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate, have attacked another major crude oil delivery line belonging to the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company in Delta State.
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The group ridiculed the ongoing military operations in the Niger Delta tagged Operation Crocodile Smile as well as the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai over inability to protect oil installations from attacks in the statement.
The government has held out the prospect of holding talks on the grievances of people in the Delta with militant groups that maintain a truce.
Nigeria’s military has boosted its presence in the oil-producing southern swamplands in response to the attacks, raiding suspected militant camps and clamping down on illegal oil refineries.
Speaking at a meeting with the private sector and the Economic Management Team (EMT), Osinbajo attributed the recession to the vandalism in the country’s southern region. Last week the NDGJM complained of intimidation and vowed to “match force with the oppressor’s brutality”.
Police rescued 14 kidnapped Nigerian oil workers and their driver after a gun battle that wounded several of their abductors in the oil-rich Niger Delta, a spokesperson said on Sunday.
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Gunmen abducted the employees of oil industry service company Nestoil on September 2 near the southern oil capital, Port Harcourt. “Five were released yesterday while seven were released in the early hours of today”, said Nnamdi Omoni, spokesman for police in Rivers state.
