Unic Press UK: Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), a militant group based in the southern part of Nigeria, says via their twitter handle that they have blown up Chevron oil well. This is not the first time the NDA has hit Chevron oil facility in the Niger Delta.
At 1:00am today, the @NDAvengers blow up Well RMP 20 belonging to Chevron located 20 meters away from Dibi flow Stattion in Warri North LGA.
— Niger Delta Avengers (@NDAvengers) June 8, 2016
Many Nigerians might have thought that the Niger Delta conflict will be solved soon given that the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, said on Monday, the 6th June, that:
“The President has appointed a team led by the NSA and I serve in one of those, to begin the process of a very intensive dialogue with those caught in the middle of this. I am sure that in the ensuing one week the intensity of that dialogue will wrap up. The NSA is going to be working with the various arms of the armed forces to descale the intensity of military intervention in the area within a week or two so that dialogue can take place. We are making contacts with everybody who is involved, the ones that we can identify, through them, the ones that we can’t identify so that there is a lot more inclusiveness in this dialogue. Our prayer is that this works so that we resort to dialogue rather than use of force.”
The shocking news is that the NDA has denied reports that they will be negotiating with the Nigerian government.
This is to the Gen. public we're not negotiating with any Committee. if Fed Govt is discussing wth any group they're doing that on their own
— Niger Delta Avengers (@NDAvengers) June 8, 2016
