Avengers blow up Chevron’s export line

The Niger Delta Avengers has claimed responsibility for the attack on Tuesday of an export line operated by Chevron Nigeria Limited at Escravos in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State.
The attack was carried out at about 3:45am.
It is the first by the militant group on an oil facility since it announced a ceasefire and nominated the Chief Edwin Clark-led Pan Niger Delta Group to hold talks on its behalf with the Federal Government.
A statement by the NDA spokesman, Mudoch Agbinigbo, warned multinational oil companies to stop repairs on any facility earlier attacked by its strike force.
The statement said: “Today at about 3:45am, our strike team 06 took down Chevron’s Escravos export pipeline at Escravos offshore. This action is to further warn all the IOCs that when we warn that there should be no repairs pending negotiation/dialogue with the people of the Niger Delta, it means there should be no repairs.
“Any attempt to use dialogue to distract us so as to allow the free flow of our oil will halt the dialogue process.”