Multiple bombings of Agip oil pipelines have caused thousands of barrels of oil to pollute waterways, farms and fishing grounds in southern Bayelsa state, residents said.

Fishermen say oil flowed unchecked for two days.

A spokesman for Italian parent company ENI says 16,000 barrels of oil per day were lost and the company Monday began working to resume production. The rules of the official’s job do not allow him to be quoted by name.

Community leader Eke-Spiff Erempagamo says the spill is “massive — the biggest in years” in the Brass local government area. Residents blamed the explosions on Thursday and Friday on militants who want a bigger share of oil revenues for the producing states.

The government said similar attacks last week are costing $2.4 million a day.

chesterlee:
How about a random Almajiri bombing his brothers up north just because of Western education...


That's the height of foolishness!

Litmus:



Multiple bombings of Agip oil pipelines have caused thousands of barrels of oil to pollute waterways, farms and fishing grounds in southern Bayelsa state, residents said.

Fishermen say oil flowed unchecked for two days.

A spokesman for Italian parent company ENI says 16,000 barrels of oil per day were lost and the company Monday began working to resume production. The rules of the official’s job do not allow him to be quoted by name.

Community leader Eke-Spiff Erempagamo says the spill is “massive — the biggest in years” in the Brass local government area. Residents blamed the explosions on Thursday and Friday on militants who want a bigger share of oil revenues for the producing states.

The government said similar attacks last week are costing $2.4 million a day.


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babyfaceafrica:
The mumus responsible for this think they are spiting the government.not knowing they are destroying their lands...

Immarshall:


Mumu face topic,we're talking about Niger Delta here not boko Haram. Simple comprehension skills ...

Emekamex:
Crude oil discovery in Nigeria is a curse rather than a blessing.

7footre:
The community will still bear the brunt of this action by some disgruntled mofos that blew up the pipelines.... it's high time the community starts to police itself. They should have learnt a long time ago that there are better mediums of negotiations

rhymaster:
I used to sympathize and pity the ND whose lands have been destroyed by oil spills for decades but it now appears I (like most other Nigerians) are wrong! The oil companies owned by foreigners are being proved right: the Nigerians of the ND do not care one hoot about their lands and even if oil destroyed the last fish or green sprout, they'd take that for a little handout of money! They bombed a multi-billion dollar infrastructure that will adds and ultimately will always add value to their cities / states, spilled oil that will destroy their environments and cost billions to clean-up, which may not happen for decades given Nigeria's record of handling issues like this, and that is smart? Well, let them just set fire to the place and burn it down completely, let us see who will suffer!