Breaking News: New militant group fulfils threat, blows up pipeline in Delta

WARRI- BARELY 24 hours after it threatened
to bomb oil installations in the Niger Delta
region if the Federal Government did not
stop its one-sided talks with the Ijaw ethnic
nationality, the Niger Delta Greenland
Justice Mandate, NDJM, Wednesday, blew
up a major trunk delivery line in Delta state.
The trunk line conveying crude from Isoko to
the Eriemu manifold Urhobo nationality
belong to NPDC and Shoreline Resources.
NDJM in a statement, last night, by the
spokesperson, self-styled General Aldo
Agbalaja, said the Central Operational
Command of the group has approved the
commencement of demolition and
evacuation of uplands tagged ‘Operation
Zero’ to correct the wrongs that have
afflicted our people for years.
The group had, Tuesday, warned the federal
government to stop parleying with the Ijaw
ethnic nationality alone, as it was not the
only tribe in the region that its militants
could blow pipelines.
It said it was out to “seek justice for the
perpetually cheated and protect the
identities of our people, who are co-owners
of the wealth, which Nigeria has forever
misappropriated.”
Vanguard could not confirm the authenticity
of the claim, last night, from industry
sources.
However, the group said: “As a mark of our
seriousness and to prove we are people of
our words, at about 02.00hours of today;
Wednesday, August 10, 2016, operatives of
the Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate
brought down a major trunk delivery line
from Isoko to the Eriemu Manifold in Urhobo,
belonging to the NPDC/Shoreline
Resources”
“We would also want to use this medium to
give a very strong warning to the operatives
of the asset NPDC/Shorelines not to
commence repairs pending when they get
signals from us, otherwise the inevitable
may occur to their personnel, as we have
earlier warned them to begin evacuating the
uplands,” it said.
Its words: “This is just a glimpse of what is
to come, there are several assets already
penned down for destruction. This line of
action has been made inevitable by an
unjust system, which only responds to the
violent to the detriment of the peaceful and
law abiding.”