Nigerian military confirms attack on state-owned NNPC's oil pipeline in Delta

[WorldNews]

Vandals attacked a crude pipeline belonging to Nigeria's state oil firm NNPC in the restive Niger Delta, a military spokesman said on Friday. "It was sabotage by vandals," military spokesman Thomas Otuji said, when asked about a claim by a militant group called Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate of an attack of the NNPC pipeline near Iwhremaro on Thursday night. The group, which has claimed previous attacks, said in a statement it had carried out the attack at about 9pm on Thursday and warned "Now you shall know what uprooting of your cherished assets means," it said to the government and major oil companies that work in joint ventures with NNPC.

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