President Muhammadu Buhari has given a fresh order to the military to crack down on a new militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers, which has been attacking oil installations.

SUNDAY PUNCH gathered on Saturday that the President gave the directive on Friday, following the group’s attack on Chevron’s platform in Warri, Delta State, on Thursday and its blowing up of pipelines linking Warri and Kaduna refineries on Friday.

Following the attack on the Okan offshore production platform on Wednesday by the militants, Chevron said it had lost about 105,000 barrels of oil production in three days.

The oil major said the incident had affected about 35,000 barrels per day of its own net crude production, or about 15 per cent of its output in the country.

“Approximately 35,000 bpd of Chevron’s net crude oil production in Nigeria are impacted,” AFP quoted a Chevron’s spokeswoman, Isabel Ordonez, as saying in a statement.

The General Manager, Policy, Government and Public Affairs, Chevron Nigeria Limited, Mr. Deji Haastrup, confirmed the figure.

He said, “This is a very difficult time for the country because it needs the revenue it can get from oil production. Incidents such as this have the potential to impact that. We do hope that it does not seriously affect the country.”

Workers on the pipelines told one of our correspondents that before the attack, they had pumped 28,000 barrels from the Escravos terminal on Thursday.

“Both Warri and Kaduna refineries also got a delivery rate of 903,000 barrels just before the attacks,” the workers who spoke on condition of anonymity said.

The workers said following the attacks, they counted about 10 military air patrols over the pipelines on Saturday.

They also added that it had been difficult for fire fighters to quench the fire from the bombed pipelines.

“The fire is still on and it’s going to be hard to stop it because it’s huge,” the workers said on Saturday night.

It was learnt that following the attacks, which has the potential of adversely affecting the revenue of the country, the President instructed the Nigerian Army, the Nigerian Navy and the Nigerian Air Force to stop the activities of the new group.

A presidential aide, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said, “The President gave special instruction to the military, especially to the Chief of Naval Staff, that this ugly development of vandals in the Niger Delta should end immediately.”

It was learnt that the President also ordered the Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas, to ensure that all waterways and platforms were protected against further attacks by the militants.

The Acting Director, Defence Information, Brig. -Gen. Rabe Abubakar, in an interview with one of our correspondents on Saturday, confirmed that the military had gotten the directive.

He said, “We have the order from the President and we are monitoring the activities of the new group. All efforts will be made to bring out those behind it.

“The suspects who perpetrated the first vandalism were apprehended and paraded the day before yesterday (Thursday).

“These ones are not going to be different. We are going out on our operation to stop and apprehend them in accordance with the presidential directive.”

Abubakar was not specific about what measures would be taken to address the current situation.

“We are not deterred; nobody is happy about it but we are not deterred from doing what we are doing. And more proactive measures would be put in place.

“What they are doing is complete economic sabotage; it is economic terrorism,” he said.

Buhari had in April threatened that his administration would descend heavily on oil and gas pipelines vandals as well as other saboteurs the same way the nation’s Armed Forces were dealing with members of the Boko Haram sect.

The President who spoke in Beijing during a meeting he had with members of the Nigerian community in China, warned vandals and saboteurs blowing up oil and gas installations in Niger

Adminisher:
This is very exciting. We want to see militant camps being blown up and militants being wasted like BoKo Haram or Fulani herdsmen. However it is not just a job for the military. DSS should do their work.
Niger Delta militancy is a simple problem.

1. All communities close to all installations should be penetrated by cells of informants.

2. The DSS should insinuate their men into the community relations and security department of all oil companies.

3. There should be a database of all companies involved in pipeline repairs and their employees.

4. There are currently APC friendly militants who want development for the Niger Delta. The FG should empower them with spy networks to ferret out information about militant camps.

5. Some unemployed youths in the area can also be used for special surveillance.

6. Immediate deployment of dense networks of UAVs for night surveillance of suspected militant camps.

7. Since Chevron an American entity was hit, the militants have now done irreparable damage to their own cause. Intelligence should flow easily to the Nigerian military about locations and coordinates of camps.

8. GSM tracking and computerised algorithms bought by GEJ to be used for security tracking of Boko Haram terrorists should be deployed into the Niger Delta. These are astonishingly very effective

9. Finally Precision Guided Weapons should be used in engaging militant camps. No need to go on gun boats and have a fair fight with terrorists.

Adminisher:
This is very exciting

DaGC:
I'm not an advocate of these Niger Delta Avengers, but the hypocrisy of some NLs stinks to the high heavens.

wastedsperm:
It is better for innocent niger deltans to relocate elsewhere cos Buratai and his boys no get time for joke. The whole SS will be nuked and leveled if care is not taken. We warned you people that Buhari is not the weakling called GEJ. No amnesty for criminals this time. Do anyhow see anyhow. Your yeye oil is now loosing value worldwide and yet you fools think the way out is to blow up pipes and pollute your region further Lagos has oil, oil is been explored in the chad basin up north. No big deal about oyel anymore. I pity the innocent ones among u wey go share stray bullets. Rip in Advance to the stubborn Niger deltans

Adminisher:
This is very exciting. We want to see militant camps being blown up and militants being wasted like BoKo Haram or Fulani herdsmen. However it is not just a job for the military. DSS should do their work.
Niger Delta militancy is a simple problem.

1. All communities close to all installations should be penetrated by cells of informants.

2. The DSS should insinuate their men into the community relations and security department of all oil companies.

3. There should be a database of all companies involved in pipeline repairs and their employees.

4. There are currently APC friendly militants who want development for the Niger Delta. The FG should empower them with spy networks to ferret out information about militant camps.

5. Some unemployed youths in the area can also be used for special surveillance.

6. Immediate deployment of dense networks of UAVs for night surveillance of suspected militant camps.

7. Since Chevron an American entity was hit, the militants have now done irreparable damage to their own cause. Intelligence should flow easily to the Nigerian military about locations and coordinates of camps.

8. GSM tracking and computerised algorithms bought by GEJ to be used for security tracking of Boko Haram terrorists should be deployed into the Niger Delta. These are astonishingly very effective

9. Finally Precision Guided Weapons should be used in engaging militant camps. No need to go on gun boats and have a fair fight with terrorists.

TPAND:
You can't crush ND militants by Miltary action. The country will pay dearly for it, dialogue is a better option.
The host community won't even corporate with you. Let's watch as things unfold.

wastedsperm:
It is better for innocent niger deltans to relocate elsewhere cos Buratai and his boys no get time for joke. The whole SS will be nuked and leveled if care is not taken. We warned you people that Buhari is not the weakling called GEJ. No amnesty for criminals this time. Do anyhow see anyhow. Your yeye oil is now loosing value worldwide and yet you fools think the way out is to blow up pipes and pollute your region further Lagos has oil, oil is been explored in the chad basin up north. No big deal about oyel anymore. I pity the innocent ones among u wey go share stray bullets. Rip in Advance to the stubborn Niger deltans

wastedsperm:
It is better for innocent niger deltans to relocate elsewhere cos Buratai and his boys no get time for joke. The whole SS will be nuked and leveled if care is not taken. We warned you people that Buhari is not the weakling called GEJ. No amnesty for criminals this time. Do anyhow see anyhow. Your yeye oil is now loosing value worldwide and yet you fools think the way out is to blow up pipes and pollute your region further Lagos has oil, oil is been explored in the chad basin up north. No big deal about oyel anymore. I pity the innocent ones among u wey go share stray bullets. Rip in Advance to the stubborn Niger deltans

Rose2014:


See how u rushed to write this epistle once you heard crushing Nigerdelta militants
But if it's about Fulani herdsmen now, ur phone keyboard will stop working or u'll start asking silly questions




Why won't it be very exciting for u when your lazy ass depends on the oil from the region hence it's a do or die affair









Back to topic: what happened to dialogue?

kcnwaigbo:


See empty noise!! Lagos oil indeed.What is the volume of oil found in lagos? Is it even enough to take care of osun state? These people have tabled reasonable demands,Buhari had better negotiate with them before they launch more devastating attacks.He should ask Obasanjo what he saw on their hands

kcnwaigbo:


See long epistles!!! Have you heard of guerilla warfare? Shebi Buhari gave such an order in April which led to the deployment of military personel in the region? Was it able to stop the latest attacks?

modelmike7:
Every time a Crude Flow Station is
Destroyed by Militants in the Niger Delta, The
Environment is Damaged; Our Land is Polluted
and Our Communities are subjected to more
hardships...Let the Bombing Continue, who will
lose?...The Government of PMB is dragging the
Nigerian Economy away from Crude Oil; Lagos
State has Joined the League of Oil Producing
States and the Northern Part of Nigeria whose
Reserves have been cynically suppressed over the
years will begin production within the next months
to two years. With time, We from the Niger Delta
would have destroyed our Lands so much that
future generation will curse us their Fathers and
Mothers for killing their dreams. Let the Stupidity
Continue my People...Don't stop the blowing up
of pipelines. Everyone of us thinks that a Blown
Pipeline is an attack on PMB and His Government
of Change...Insanity on display I must say. Kano
and Lagos are Leading the way in Tomatoes
Paste Production and Tomatoes don dey scarce
shebi? The Northern Landmass alone is about 4
times the entire Landmass of the SS and the SE;
Agriculture will revolutionize the North within the
next decade...We from the Niger Delta will use
our Oil to soak Garri and we think we are
punishing Nigeria? Think Again, but Kontinu. I
have been reliably informed, that the More
Pipeline we blow-up, the more the Resolve of this
President to get the Nigerian Economy off
oil...The More the Presidency blocks loopholes;
The More the desire for alternative Revenue; The
More the Nigerian People get pissed off by our
Stupidity. The Future is Lost to the Greedy,
Selfish Demons of Today. Blow Pipelines if you
can, Nigeria is moving on. We have a President
who is capable of making the hard decisions and
willing to firmly sustain those hard choices. Blow
Pipelines abeg. Let Nigeria Suffer and Let our
land be wasted. Kontinu killing your own future
by your own hands. WEEP NOT FOR THE NIGER
DELTA!!! OUR ENEMIES ARE WITHIN!!!

omenka:
Why didn't they think about dialogue before blowing up pipelines, making very stupid demands of the government.

Like someone said, it is the innocent people I pity. Those guys threatened to "take the war to Tompolo's backyard in Gbaranmatu if he doesn't tender an apology over the letter he wrote to the FG" and one then asks: whose interest are they fighting for??

Adminisher:


Guerrilla warfare?.
FG is going to use militants against militants. Obasanjo did it very wickedly and it destroyed the social fabric of the ND. I am not sorry for them. They have invited evil in your yheir lanf5. Tell me how much it costs to corrupt a ND youth to betray his local rivals. Even community chiefs are constantly fighting for supremacy. The region should be dealt with cynically. Millitary means are quick but not wicked enough

omenka:
Why didn't they think about dialogue before blowing up pipelines, making very stupid demands of the government.

Like someone said, it is the innocent people I pity. Those guys threatened to "take the war to Tompolo's backyard in Gbaranmatu if he doesn't tender an apology over the letter he wrote to the FG" and one then asks: whose interest are they fighting for??