BREAKING: Niger-Delta Avengers blow up Shell, Agip pipelines in Bayelsa

Barely 24 hours after the militant group, Niger-Delta Avengers threatened what it termed “something big” reports say a major pipeline belonging to Nigerian Agip Oil Company and Shell Petroleum Development Company has been attacked in Nembe, Bayelsa State.

This follows the attacks on Chevron’s Estravos pipeline, and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation pipelines, earlier this week.

The Nembe pipeline is said to carry the bonny light crude exported by Royal Dutch Shell, though the company is yet to make any official statement on the incident.

The Niger Delta Avengers, a new group of militants in the Niger Delta, had announced on twitter earlier today that it had hit the Nembe pipeline.

Local sources told our reporter that the attack took place at about 2a.m. today.

The militants had posted a warning on twitter handle @NDAvengers that reads: “something big is about to happen”.

Shell declared force majeure on Bonny Light loadings after a previous attack on the Nembe creek trunk pipeline, but some exports had been continuing with delays caused by repair work.