Niger Delta Avengers

Niger Delta Avengers claimed on Sunday night that it blew up the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, gas pipeline at Nsit Ibom Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State.

Self-styled Brig Gen Mudoch Agbinibo  , the spokesperson of the group taunted the State oil company in  statement to  “check their pipeline if it is ‘system anomaly, ” believed to an allusion to the exchange between the militant group and Exxon Mobil, which initially denied an attack on its export line in Akwa-Ibom state, saying that it was a system anomaly, only to declare force majeure days later.

Agbinibo said in the statement: “At 11:30pm on Sunday, the NDA blow up Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), gas pipeline at Nsit-Ibom L.G.A, Akwa Ibom state. NNPC should check their pipeline if it’s “system Anomaly.”

The militant group which has been blowing up oil pipelines in the oil rich region has denied being part of talks President Muhammadu Buhari said it is having with militants as a way of ending the destruction of oil installations.