onslaught on oil installations in the area with the blowing
up of the Chevron Valve Platform in Abiteye, Warri North
council area of Delta State. The incident it was gathered
occurred at about 10:40pm on Wednesday. Though the
company's Public Affairs Manager, Deji Haastrup could not
be reached for comments on the incident, on official of the
Department of Security Services, DSS who spoke on
anonymity, confirmed the incident adding that the platform
was totally destroyed with the use of dynamites.
The security source further hinted that the platform is a
major connecting point where all other platforms link up
and serves as a fulcrum to chevron BOP and the Chevron
Tank farm thereby halting all operations of the company in
the region. Claiming responsibility for the incident, the
Niger Delta Avengers, a militant group in the region in a
statement on Wednesday night, while attributing the
incident to the effort of its strike Team 6, stated that
attack on the facility is in line with its promise to the
Nigerian government to cripple the economy.
The group which had earlier claimed responsibility for
destroying the Forcados 48-inch Export Pipeline, also
threatened to attack oil facilities in Lagos and Abuja, the
nation's capital. "We want to pass this message to the all
international oil companies operating in the Niger Delta that
the Nigeria Military can't protect their facilities. They
should talk to the federal government to meet our demands
else more mishaps will befall their installations. "Until our
demands are met, no repair works should be done at the
blast site," the group added.
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