The Niger Delta Avengers militant group went raging late on Friday night, resuming their oil pipelines blow-up campaign and this time at an unprecedented pace. The group in a series of tweets between Friday night and in the wee hours of Sunday morning announced the blowing up of seven oil pipelines. The tweets said:
Niger Delta Avengers @NDAvengers 3h3 hours ago
At 9:15pm on Friday the @NDAvengers blow up Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Crude Oil Trunk Line to Warri Refinery.
At 11:26pm on Saturday @NDAvengers blow up two NPDC major crude trunk lines close to Batan flowstation in Delta state.
ALL FIVE OPERATIONS WAS CARRIED OUT BY @NDAvengers STRIKE TEAM. WELL DONE SOLDIERS.
At 1:15am on Sunday @NDAvengers blow up two major Chevron Oil Wells. WELL 7 and WELL 8 close to Abiteye flow station in Delta state.