WARRI – Nigeria Police Thursday say oil militants have blown up a NNPC gas pipeline in Ogun state, Nigeria’s South-West.
This is the first time Militants will carry out such deadly attack outside the Niger Delta region.
Deputy Superintendent Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the police spokesman for Ogun st ofate, told The Associated Press on Thursday that “hoodlums” pretending to carry out repairs planted dynamite that blew up a major gas pipeline of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation overnight.
Oil militants have slashed Nigerian oil production with attacks this year on installations in the south.
They seek a greater share of profits for residents who have lost livelihoods to industry pollution that has destroyed agriculture and fishing grounds.
Disruptions to gas used to generate power have compounded Nigeria’s chronic electricity shortages.
No group immediately claimed the attack. The government is trying to negotiate with the oil militants. – AP
