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Lagos — SUSPECTED militants yesterday attacked a houseboat owned by Shell in Oloma area of Rivers State, killing two security operatives. Another report said the militants also attacked a flow station belonging to the oil giant in the area.
Leadership (Abuja)
column
Abuja — It is stating the obvious complaining about security situation in Nigeria. There is no part of the geo-polity that is secure. Agreed that security in never 100% but insecurity is about the only thing Nigerians have in abundance.
Port Harcourt — Militants have again attacked Shell Petroleum Devel-opment Company (SPDC) facilty - Oloma flow Station in Bonny - and allegedly killed four naval personnel and three civilians.
The attack was carried out yesterday, but SPDC spokesman, Mr. Precious Okolobo, denied the attack, saying, "As far as we can tell, Oloma flow station was not attacked. It is still operating."
analysis
Port-Harcourt — When last week the Federal Government reportedly ordered the Nigerian armed forces to wade into the rising militancy in the Niger Delta, not a few Nigerians were convinced that the violence in the oil-rich area had become worrisome and is threatening the economy of the country. The nation was losing over one third of its oil output and the threat by the militants to launch fresh offensive was sending jitters down the spines of government.
Lagos — Before Shell Bonga Oil Field was attacked recently, the United States strategists held the view that militancy is no longer threat to oil exploration and production in the Niger Delta. This is premised on the recent development of off-shore oil field, where the strategists believed that the militants would not be able to attack because of distance and terrain among other factors.
interview
SPOKESPERSON of the Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC), which comprises the fighting units of the Movement for Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND), the Reformed Niger -Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (R-NDPVF) and some other militia groups in the Niger-Delta, Cynthia Whyte, says the Ijaw struggle is community-driven and backed by higher spiritual forces, which cannot be explained in plain English language, suggesting that it is wide off the mark to think that Ijaw communities would not support genuine freedom fighters.
MOVEMENT for Emancipation of Niger-Delta (MEND) spokesman, Jomo Gbomo, in this brief electronic mail to an enquiry by Sunday Vanguard, speaks on the comments by some people that the group was blowing hot and cold by declaring a cease fire 24 hours after it attacked the Bonga Oil
WHO attacked the 60 square- kilometre $3.6b Bonga Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel and deepwater sub-sea facility last week which provoked international outcry?
Was it the militant group, Movement for Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND)? Or was the shut down carried out by internal sabotage led by a naval retired officer?
Lagos — Having recovered from the shock inflicted on it by attack on its 60 square- kilometre $3.6b Bonga Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel and deepwater sub-sea infrastructure, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SPDC), a subsidiary of the Anglo-Dutch oil giant, Shell, last Wednesday, resumed oil production on the facility.
Lagos — The Niger Delta Riverine Peace Campaign Movement (NDRPCM), yesterday, expressed concern over the increased tension and attacks by militant groups in the Niger Delta as a result of the continued detention of the supposed leader of the Movement for Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND), Henry Okah, and urged the Federal Government to calm down nerves by granting him amnesty.