Niger Delta Avengers blows up NNPC pipeline in Eleme, Rivers state

Nigeria: The Niger Delta Avengers on Wednesday announced it has blown up a Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, pipeline at Eleme leading to the Nigeria Liquefied National Gas, NLNG in Rivers state. 

The group in a statement posted on its Facebook page ''NDavengers'', said;

 “By 3.00 am, July 7th, strike team 2, carried out a major strike, bombing NNPC pipeline at Eleme leading to NLNG. You won’t stop us.”

The group had earlier posted a message at about 8.12 pm on its Facebook page:

 “Another major pipe about to go up in flames! Brass, LNG, Boom.”

The group added that any attack by the Nigeria Army might result to human casualties but stressed that the group does not want to take life, otherwise, it would have confronted the army.

“”For every life you take, we take two. We have our reason, we play cool, we are ready, and we must cripple the economy. ” the group added.

Their Facebook page has since been taken down!

In a another development, the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force, JNDLF, on Wednesday threatened to attack seven flow stations in Bayelsa state.