Militants at the early hours of yesterday dared the heavy presence security operatives in the creeks and blew up oil wells belonging to Chevron.Members of the emergent militant group, Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) who have claimed responsibility for the latest sabotage, said the action was to ridicule the Nigerian Army.
The Avengers wrote on their Twitter handle that “with the heavy presence of 100 Gunboats, 4 Warships and Jet Bombers, NDA blew up Chevron Oil Well RMP 23 and RMP 24 3:44am this Morning.
“This is to show the whole world that Nigeria Military is good in harassing innocent Civilians. RMP 24 and RMP 23 are Chevron Swamp Highest producing Wells. #Boom”
Spokesman for the evasive group, Muddoch Agbinibo had specifically warned Chevron not to dare the Avengers by going about to carry out repair the Valve Platform which the group earlier blew up.
Agbinibo had stated that no repair should be carried out in any of the facilities which they attacked until their demands were fully met, accusing Chevron of insensitivity to the plight of locals within the creeks.
Agbinibo boasted: “We are capable of bringing down your tank farm if you continue with repair works on the blown valve platform. If you continue to undermine us and go ahead with the repair works you won’t see us coming but we are coming for you.”
Meanwhile, scores of fleeing locals within villages of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State following the siege laid by the military are reportedly trapped in the bushes.
Controlled movement within the creeks by the military has compounded the woes of the fleeing locals as they can no longer get immediate help from friends and relatives outside the hostile area.
Fears of mass death of women and children of Oporoza, Kurutie, Kunukunuma, Kokodiagbene and some other villages is now very high, as they continue to take refuge in the bushes without food.
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