New militant group blows up NPDC facility in Delta

An Urhobo militant group, the Niger Delta Greenland Justice Movement (NDGJM), has blown up the Ogor-Oteri major delivery line, operated by the Nigeria Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) and Shorelines Petroleum in the state.

The group in a statement by its leader, Gen. Aldo Agbalaja, said the delivery line was blown up at about 3am on Tuesday, August 30, by its Uproot Team B.

This comes despite the ongoing military “Operation Crocodile Smile” in the Niger Delta region and a recent letter to President Muhammadu Buhari by the Niger Delta Avengers promising to stop its hostilities.

According to the group, it was launching “Operation Crocodile Tears” since the military had launched “Operation Crocodile Smile” to supposedly worsen the Niger Delta crisis.

“Although some selfish machinery, merely put together to achieve some pecuniary ends, has been parading in the name of the peoples of the Niger Delta, the Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate will not be derailed on its mission to getting justice for the people,” the group said.

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