Days after the Britain advised the Nigerian government
against military actions in the Niger Delta region, President Muhammadu Buhari
on Friday, May 20, 2016 said he ordered a heightened military presence in the
restive Niger Delta region to deal with a resurgence of attacks on oil and gas
facilities, a day after yet another pipeline explosion.
The Nigeria’s former colonial master Britain, had earlier
through it foreign minister Philip Hammond warned on Saturday that military
action would not end a wave of attacks in the southern swamps because it did
not address rising anger among residents over poverty despite sitting on much
of Nigeria’s oil wealth.
In February, the Avengers claimed an attack on an undersea
pipeline, forcing Shell to shut a 250,000 barrel-a-day Forcados terminal.
The group also claimed responsibility for blasting a Chevron
platform in early May, shutting the Warri and Kaduna refineries. Power outages
across Nigeria worsened as gas supplies were also affected.
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