A militant
group, Urhobo Gbagbako, has claimed responsibility for Thursday night’s bombing
of the NPDC Oil pipelines at Ighrenene, Afiesere and Ekiugbo communities in
Delta State.
According to the Punch, the group
made the claims in an email sent to some reporters on Friday, April 3. The
group warned that it was also planning to shut down all the oil fields in
Urhobo and Isoko areas.
The email signed by the group’s
spokesperson, Priest Omodjuvwu, revealed that the aim of the bombing was to
draw attention to the neglect of ex-militants of Urhobo extraction.
According to the group, the Urhobo
had been sidelined in the pipelines protection contracts offered to
ex-militants from other ethnic groups. Therefore, they decided to
show that they also had the capacity to cause trouble if ignored.
The militant group further stated
that it had already sent warning signals to the NPDC and the federal government
on the pipeline surveillance contracts, which had excluded the Urhobo.
Urhobo Gbagbako however dissociated
itself from media reports about a 14-day ultimatum given to the federal
government and NPDC on the oil pipeline surveillance contracts.
“We have now resumed attack on the NPDC
pipeline facilities on a massive scale, which scale of bombings shall be unprecedented,” the email said.
The group warned that the attacks
would continue until the Urhobo got what rightly belonged to them.
It would be noted that the
latest claim of Urhobo Gbagbako caused anger and indignation among
Nigerians.
Na wa oooo, this will not lead us any where
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