Militants operating in the Niger Delta region have blown up another pipeline belonging to to the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) in Ikembiri, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, Bayelsa State.
Sources from the community blamed the attack on a supremacy battle between two rival militants struggling for control of the Ogboinbiri-Tebidaba crude trunk line which passed through the area.
A source who spoke in confidence said the gunmen unsettled the community with gunshots adding that residents were fleeing the area.
The source said: “It is a conflict between two armed groups for the control of the crude pipeline. One group claims to be working to safeguard the pipeline describing their rival group as vandals. They have been shooting.
“The sound of the gunfire has sent panic waves into the community. But the arrival of the NSCDC operatives has temporarily restored peace in the area.”
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