The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) militant group says it has
bombed three oil pipelines in southern Nigeria, in the latest sign that
government efforts to mediate an end to the conflict are floundering.
The NDA said the attack was aimed showing its "strong resolve"
to force the government to meet its demands.
"The Nigerian government needs our cooperation more
than we need the government as it concerns the extraction of the crude oil and
hydrocarbon resources in our God-given land," it added.
The group said it blew up three trunk lines carrying 300,000
barrels of oil a day to the Bonny export terminal of Dutch-British producer
Shell in southern Bayelsa state.
The government and the oil company have not yet commented on
the NDA's claim.
The government has been involved in talks with some militant
groups and community leaders in the hope of ending attacks which have severely
disrupted oil production, the West African state's main earner of foreign
currency.
The militants are demanding that a greater share of the
region's oil wealth be spent on ending poverty in communities.
Culled from bbc.co.uk
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