Navy intercept militants attempting to blow up NNPC pipelines
- Suspected militants attempted to blow-up pipelines in Lagos
- They were however intercepted by security operatives
- The navy warned militants to desist or face the wrath of the law
Suspected militants who attempted to destroy pipelines belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) were surprised by the Nigerian Navy who stopped the attack.
Vanguard reports that the militants were trying to blow-up the pipelines which pump petroleum products from Atlas Cove, Lagos to Mosimi depot, Ogun State when security operatives foiled their plan on Monday, April 17.
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It was reported that a team of naval personnel from the Forward Operating Base in Badagry spotted the militants and called for assistance from the Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS Beecroft whose presence forced the militants to abandon their four boats.
Commodore Eno Maurice said 972 empty drums 595 jerricans, three pumping machines, three coils of rubber hoses and 14 outboard engines were also recovered in the boats.
He noted that the renewed vandalism was connected to the repairs of the damaged pipelines and subsequent pumping of petroleum products from Atlas Cove to Mosimi depot.
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He said: “We have cogent intelligence that there are other collaborators that indulge in pipeline vandalism and oil theft around there.”
Maurice warned militants to desist and pursue a honest livelihood before the law catches up with them.
Source: Legit.ng
