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New attack on pipeline in Delta State

Nigerian militants on Thursday claimed another attack on a pipeline in the country’s oil-rich south, the latest in a string of strikes against infrastructure that has hit production. The Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDGJM) said in a statement it had “bombed the Unenurhie-Evwreni delivery line” in the Ughelli area of Delta state at about 1:00 am (0000 GMT). The pipeline is operated by the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, a subsidiary of the state-run Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. The NDGJM said the attack was “to prove to the wicked and ungrateful multinational oil companies and their Nigerian military allies… that we own our lands”. A number of rebel groups who have attacked oil and gas facilities in the delta region this year say local people in the swamps and creeks of the region have not benefited from the industry. Most remain in poverty and infrastructure is lacking, despite the billions of dollars made on the back of production