BEVERLY HILLS, May 26, (THEWILL) – Militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) has claimed to have blown up Chevron’s main pipeline that supplies gas and provides electricity to the Escravos Tank Farm in Delta.
The group announced the attack on Thursday via its twitter handle, @NDAvengers.
“We Warned #Chevron but they didn’t Listen. @NDAvengers has just blown up the Escravos Tank Farm Main Electricity Feed PipeLine,” the militant group tweeted.
THEWILL recalls that the group had issued a two-week ultimatum, which has expired, to all oil companies operating in the region to vacate or risk being attacked.
The group had threatened to hit Chevron headquarters in Lagos after blowing its valve platform in Warri south west local government area of Delta state.
“When we blew the Chevron Valve Platform, it resulted in total blackout in the Escravos Tank farm for more than three hours. If we (Niger Delta Avengers) can do it, just know that we are capable of bringing down your tank farm if you continue with repair works on the blown valve platform,” the group said in a statement.
“The contracting firm doing the repair works, know that your facilities and staff will be our first casualties.
“Despite the heavy presence of Military in the creeks, it will not stop us from carrying out our operations. We are ready to destroy more pipelines, we won’t only destroy pipelines, but will bring the fight to your tank farm and your Headquarters in Lekki, Lagos.”
Story by David Oputah
