By Chima Tim Conflict Analyst
Nigerians oil production and export has been reduced by almost 50%, finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, confirmed that Nigeria’s oil production had dropped to
1.65m barrels a day, the lowest production
in 22 years because of the resurgence of
militant activities.
But who are this millitants that calls themselves Niger Delta Avengers? What they stand for? What do they want?
What we know so far Including Aims and Objectives
- The Avengers
blew up an underwater pipeline, which
forced Royal Dutch Shell to shut down its
Forcados Export Terminal.
- Agip, Shell, Chevron, NNPC strategic pipelines , all cutting oil supply to Kaduna refineries.
-Wants a sovereign state of Niger delta, will in October unveil currency, flag , terroritry and map.
- Currently operating from Delta and Bayelsa states.
- They are on Twitter and have a website.
- Organized into strike teams, with its commanders coming from different parts of the old eastern region.
Strike Teams
Fashioned in form of a commado style, having about 9 strike teams with 8 commandas. Strike team one is the elite team, that is the highest. Followed by others in no particular order.
Here are the commanders origin
Strike team one is from Akwa Ibom
Strike team two is from Bayelsa
Strike Team three, four and five are from Delta Ijaw
Strike team six is from Delta Itsekiri.
Strike team seven from Edo
Strike team eight from Rivers
Strike team nine South East.
Who are the Niger Delta Avengers? What they say they are
Three months ago when it launched its
attacks, the spokesperson declared:
“We are the Niger Delta Avengers; a group of
educated and well-traveled individuals
that are poised to take the Niger Delta
struggle to new heights that has never
been seen in this nation before. We have
well-equipped human resources to meet this
goal.
He said the group has support from other
parts of Nigeria.
By Thursday, May 12, the Avengers group,
which chose to call themselves “outlaws”
and issued the President and 11-point
condition that was ignored until the nation
started to reap the repercussions, gave a
clearest indication of where it was heading
with the bombings that shook the nation
since the present political dispensation.
It said: “By October 2016, we will display
our currency, flag, passport, our ruling
council and our territory to the world.
Biggest Success
At 22.00 hours Thursday, May 5, 2016,
Strike Team 4, one of the sources said, hit
the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) crude and gas lines.
The crude line feeds the Warri and
Kaduna refineries while the gas line feeds
the Lagos and Abuja electricity power
supply.
With this development, the group
knocked out Warri and Kaduna refineries.
The explosion practically shut down all
cities that depend on the gas line for
power.
Effectively cutting off Electricity from Abuja and Lagos
Strike Team 7 was alleged to have blown
up Well D25 in Abiteye. The well is a
major gas facility belonging to Chevron. It
also reportedly attacked major pipelines,
which put the Abiteye, Alero, Dibi,
Otunana and Makaraba flow stations that
feed the Chevron tank farm out of
operation.
Located some 100meters away from the
atacked NNPC pipeline is a military
houseboat, stationed there to protect oil
pipelines.
Nigerians oil production and export has been reduced by almost 50%, finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, confirmed that Nigeria’s oil production had dropped to
1.65m barrels a day, the lowest production
in 22 years because of the resurgence of
militant activities.
But who are this millitants that calls themselves Niger Delta Avengers? What they stand for? What do they want?
What we know so far Including Aims and Objectives
- The Avengers
blew up an underwater pipeline, which
forced Royal Dutch Shell to shut down its
Forcados Export Terminal.
- Agip, Shell, Chevron, NNPC strategic pipelines , all cutting oil supply to Kaduna refineries.
-Wants a sovereign state of Niger delta, will in October unveil currency, flag , terroritry and map.
- Currently operating from Delta and Bayelsa states.
- They are on Twitter and have a website.
- Organized into strike teams, with its commanders coming from different parts of the old eastern region.
Strike Teams
Fashioned in form of a commado style, having about 9 strike teams with 8 commandas. Strike team one is the elite team, that is the highest. Followed by others in no particular order.
Here are the commanders origin
Strike team one is from Akwa Ibom
Strike team two is from Bayelsa
Strike Team three, four and five are from Delta Ijaw
Strike team six is from Delta Itsekiri.
Strike team seven from Edo
Strike team eight from Rivers
Strike team nine South East.
Who are the Niger Delta Avengers? What they say they are
Three months ago when it launched its
attacks, the spokesperson declared:
“We are the Niger Delta Avengers; a group of
educated and well-traveled individuals
that are poised to take the Niger Delta
struggle to new heights that has never
been seen in this nation before. We have
well-equipped human resources to meet this
goal.
He said the group has support from other
parts of Nigeria.
By Thursday, May 12, the Avengers group,
which chose to call themselves “outlaws”
and issued the President and 11-point
condition that was ignored until the nation
started to reap the repercussions, gave a
clearest indication of where it was heading
with the bombings that shook the nation
since the present political dispensation.
It said: “By October 2016, we will display
our currency, flag, passport, our ruling
council and our territory to the world.
Biggest Success
At 22.00 hours Thursday, May 5, 2016,
Strike Team 4, one of the sources said, hit
the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) crude and gas lines.
The crude line feeds the Warri and
Kaduna refineries while the gas line feeds
the Lagos and Abuja electricity power
supply.
With this development, the group
knocked out Warri and Kaduna refineries.
The explosion practically shut down all
cities that depend on the gas line for
power.
Effectively cutting off Electricity from Abuja and Lagos
Strike Team 7 was alleged to have blown
up Well D25 in Abiteye. The well is a
major gas facility belonging to Chevron. It
also reportedly attacked major pipelines,
which put the Abiteye, Alero, Dibi,
Otunana and Makaraba flow stations that
feed the Chevron tank farm out of
operation.
Located some 100meters away from the
atacked NNPC pipeline is a military
houseboat, stationed there to protect oil
pipelines.
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