Ovie Okpare, Warri

An unknown militant group in the Niger Delta region has reportedly blown up the Abura oil pipeline, a major oil trunk-line operated by the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company around Osieta Avenue near Otu-Jeremi in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State.

Our correspondent gathered that the trunk-line was reportedly bombed on Sunday morning about 6:40am by the militants causing serious fire outbreak in the area.

The incident occurred a kilometre near the West African biggest Otorogu Gas Plant, hosted by Otu-Jeremi, Iwhrekan and Otor-Udu communities across Ughelli South and Udu council areas of the state.



Local residents confirmed the incident.

A source said it was the swift intervention of fire service men from the Otorogu Gas Plant that stopped the fire from spreading to residential buildings.

There was no casualty in the fire incident that lasted for over five before it was put off, another source added.

The Abura oil pipeline is one the major trunk-lines that supplies crude to the Otu-Jeremi Flow Station and the Otorogu Gas Plant.

The Chairman of Ughelli South Local Government Area, Mr Paul Etaga, who had earlier visited the scene of the attack along with Lt. Col. U Abdusalam, Commander, 222 Battalion, Agbarha-Otor, Ughelli North council, confirmed the incident.
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Who go suffer am pass

Rubbish!!

as if they won a medal for doing that, senseless blokes.

Make una let this people rest with their oil
All the same nice one.

They will get tired one day

Justiyke4u:
They will get tired one day

Tire of what? They are tired of strangers from other places taking their land and resources to do Owambe of Haij....

The Fg is not and never was sincere and frankly, that is what the British designed it all to be

CecyAdrian:
Who go suffer am pass

Rubbish!!

They've been suffering for time immemorial, do you think it's a new thing to them??

Justiyke4u:
They will get tired one day

Do you get tired when someone wants to away your property from you??

Mood activated

Collenshy2020:
as if they won a medal for doing that, senseless blokes.

EEpain am

CecyAdrian:
Who go suffer am pass

Rubbish!!

Minister for environment

No sane third world nation should have a population above 80million,when the level of development is not commensurate with the population what you get is crimes here and there. In those days the number of militant groups were just one,now we have several. We need to control our population. 170million is not something to be happy about

If Tompolo likes it or not, the FG/EFCC will not drop the corruption charge against him. He and his can continue to blow up all the pipeline in the Delta.

Tompolo cannot be a fugirive forever. He would be arrested one day, and he would be arraigned to court, not only for corruption charges, but also for conspiracy against the state.

ChetaNwaeze:
If Tompolo likes it or not, the FG/EFCC will not drop the corruption charge against him. He and his can continue to blow up all the pipeline in the Delta.

Tompolo cannot be a fugirive forever. He would be arrested one day, and he would be arraigned to court, not only for corruption charges, but also for conspiracy against the state.

Tompolo is just one man would his arrest stop the bombings.