{"id":53131,"date":"2016-09-13T17:26:24","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T16:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=53131"},"modified":"2016-09-13T17:26:24","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T16:26:24","slug":"militants-blow-another-pipeline-delta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/militants-blow-another-pipeline-delta\/","title":{"rendered":"Militants blow up another pipeline in Delta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a lull in militancy in the crisis-scarred Niger Delta region, a new<br \/>\nmilitant group, Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate, NDGJM, has claimed<br \/>\nresponsibility for the destruction of a major delivery line in Ughelli<br \/>\nNorth council of Delta State.<\/p>\n<p>The group in an email sent to our reporter <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1274848186\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Tuesday<\/span><\/span>, said it blew up the<br \/>\nAfiesere-Iwhrenene major delivery line to UPS\/UQCC, operated by Nigeria<br \/>\nPetroleum Development Company, NDPC\/Shorelines Petroleum\u00a0 on the wee hours<br \/>\nof the day.<\/p>\n<p>It stated that Abuja has regarded the region as a conquered territory as<br \/>\nher people have been made to live under strenuous conditions despite its<br \/>\noil wealth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Niger Delta is not a conquered territory and our people have never<br \/>\nsuccumbed to intimidation before, rather we match force with the<br \/>\noppressor\u2019s brutality. The Nigerian government should already know that<br \/>\nthe people of this part are not fools, who will not be able to see when<br \/>\nthey are being treated with disdain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The attack was confirmed by the leader of the group, self-styled Gen. Aldo<br \/>\nAgbalaja.<\/p>\n<p>This came as the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, which ceased hostilities, last<br \/>\nmonth, accused the military of harassing old men, women and innocent<br \/>\nyouths in the region under the guise of hunting for militants.<\/p>\n<p>In a similar development, Austine Azobo of the Ijaw People Development<br \/>\nInitiative, IPDI, has warned that the Federal Government\u2019s plan to<br \/>\ncontinue to militarize the region and intimidate the people despite the<br \/>\nfact that NDA and other dangerous militant groups have opted for dialogue.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that the people would never abandon the struggle for the fair<br \/>\nshare of the nation&#8217;s wealth despite the federal government&#8217;s anti-people<br \/>\npolicy towards the region.<\/p>\n<p>Also, acting Secretary of the Gbaramatu Traditional Council, GTC, Chief<br \/>\nGodspower Gbenekama, has cautioned against the continued militarization of<br \/>\nthe kingdom and other parts of the region, saying: \u201cIt is an ill wind that<br \/>\nblows both the inhabitants of thee Niger Delta and the Federal Republic no<br \/>\ngood.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a lull in militancy in the crisis-scarred Niger Delta region, a new militant group, Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate, NDGJM, has claimed responsibility for the destruction of a major&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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