The Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate has claimed the bombing of the Oviri-Ogor delivery line to the Quality Control Center operated by the Nigeria Petroleum Development Company in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State.
The militant group said the delivery line was bombed on Friday night.
However, the Joint Task Force in charge of security in the Niger Delta said the line attacked has become disused over time as it was earlier bombed by the militants.
The claimed bombing of the QCC on Friday comes a day after the militants hit on the delivery line at Iwhremaro community, Ughelli.
The NDGJM in a statement by its spokesperson, General Aldo Agbalaja, said the attack was in further execution of its “Operation Hammurabi Code”, which was launched with the Thursday’s attack.
Agbalaja said in the statement: “The Akuma Strike Team, at about 2300hour of Friday, October 14, 2016, bombed the Oviri-Ogor delivery line to the QCC in Ughelli.
“This is a message to, not just Shoreline and NPDC, the operators of this facility, but to all of you who own facilities in the upland area of our land and are still believing in the arms of flesh.
“This shall be the state of affairs until all of you adjust to taking our land and the lives of our people seriously.
“The Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate is not kidding with anybody and anybody should not think this is just one of those coming around to beg for a morsel of bread.
“Start a real and genuine engagement of real grass rooted leaders from the region, not the divide-and-rule pattern, and this campaign shall cease.
“We, however, want to serve a warning to the Nigerian armed forces, don’t want to use this to start going after innocent community people.
“If you come in contact with us, it will not be a case of arrest, but a test of arms strength; such an encounter will undoubtedly result to a fight, so be warned.”
But the acting spokesman of the JTF, code-named Operation Delta Sate, Thomas Otuji, said: “There was an attack on an old pipeline earlier vandalised.
“No product running in it.
“Troops on the trail to ascertain the identity of the criminals.”
