Militants
The Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom, Murtala Mani,
on Thursday refuted an alleged explosion of pipelines at Ikot Osutek,
Oruk-Anam Local Government Area of the state by the Niger Delta Avengers
(NDA)....
The NDA in a tweet said that they had blown up the NNPC Pipeline at about 4AM on Thursday.
Mani told the News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) in Uyo that the alleged vandalism was an accident caused by a
leakage in the gas pipelines.
He said that it was a technical problem and that some engineers from Port Harcourt were working to rectify the leakage.
Mani said that the state was safe from the activities of the militant group.
NAN reports that the gas pipelines are owned by Nigerian Gas Company Ltd, the operator of Ibom Gas Power Plant, Uquo in Esit-Eket Local Government Area of the state.
Ikot Osutek community, the location of
the gas pipelines, is along Ikot Abasi-Ogoni-Port Harcourt axis of the
East-West Road in Akwa Ibom.
NAN further reports that many residents
of the state were disturbed by the alleged attack, due to the revelation
that the militant group had vandalised 23 gas pipelines since February
14 when it started attacks.
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