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Militants attack 2 oil platforms, as Avengers deny meeting ‘common’ Dalung

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Suspected militants in the oil rich Niger Delta, again attacked two oil installations belonging to an oil exploration close to Batan community in Delta state.

According to reports, the explotion occurred at about 12.05 am.

Confirming the double explosion, the Chairman of Batan community, Dickson Ogugu, said: “We heard a double explosion at about 12:05am between Camp 3 and Kokologbene communities.”

Also, a security officer attached to 3 Battalion, Effurun, near Warri, said a team of military personnel have been drafted in company of a surveillance team to ascertain the extent of damage.

The latest explosion came after the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, denied claims by the Minister of Youths and Sports, Solomon Dalung, that he met with them in Oporoza, Delta State.

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According to the NDA, the minister must have been  scammed by Niger Delta fraudsters.

NDA spokesman, Mudoch Agbinibo, in reaction to Dalung’s visit to Oporoza, said: “The Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, narrated how he met some self-acclaimed Niger Delta Avengers in Oporoza, Gbaramatu kingdom. We are here to let the public know that Niger Delta fraudsters have defrauded the Minister.

“Niger Delta Avengers cannot stoop so low to send representatives to meet a common Minister of Youths that does not know his work.

“Solomon Dalung has been defrauded and played by Niger Delta fraudsters, he did not hold any meeting with us, Niger Delta Avengers.

“Let me make it clear that any meeting with the Avengers that the international community is not part of, we will not be part of such dialogue as well,” Agbinibo said.

In a related development, another militant group, the Niger Delta Suicides, NDS, has warned that it would devastate the economy in different forms if government refused to create a genuine platform for talks with militants.

The NDS, in a statement by its spokesperson, Amakiri, said:  “We, the Niger Delta Suicides, NDS, wish to warn the present government and those clamoring to frustrate the efforts of Niger Delta Avengers to have a rethink and create a genuine platform for dialogue, otherwise, we will use our oil to survive and they will eat their yam.

“This fight is a fight by everyone, including children yet unborn. Thank God, we have successfully planted Adaka Borohs and Tompolos everywhere. So, we are waiting,” he said.

By Timothy Enietan-Matthews

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