Following the announcement of the NNPC pipeline blow up in Warri, the Niger Delta Avengers in the early hours of today, Sunday, July 3, 2016 announced series of attacks on other oil installations.
The militant group, through its official social media handle on Twitter, announced that it carried out a total of five strikes.
The first announcement came at 11:20 pm on Saturday night where it announced: “At 9:15pm on Friday the @NDAvengers blow up Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Crude Oil Trunk Line to Warri Refinery.”
Another attack was announced at 2:02 am today, the announcement reads: “At 11:26pm on Saturday @NDAvengers blow up two NPDC major crude trunk lines close to Batan flowstation in Delta state.”
The announcement was followed closely by another which reads: “At 1:15 a.m. on Sunday, @NDAvengers blow (sic) up two major Chevron oil wells. Well 7 and Well 8 close to Abiteye Flow Station in Delta State.”
The NNPC, which owns the NPDC, has however said it is not aware of the attacks.