Pipeline bombing to continue - NDLF

The Niger Delta Liberation Force (NDLF) has stated that the bombing of pipelines in the Niger Delta would continue in defiance to President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive to security forces to curtail the activities of militants in the region.

Niger Delta militants have carried out attacks on oil installations in the Niger Delta in recent times

The NDLF in a statement on Tuesday, May 10, by its spokesman, Mark Anthony, said is Buhari not God to be feared and that the entire Nigerian Army was incapable of protecting all pipelines in the Niger Delta, Leadership reports.
The group said: “Those bombing pipelines in Delta State should not behave like cowards if they are truly fighting the interest of Niger Delta. They should be bold enough to come out. When we were bombing, our leader General John Togo did not hide his face. We dealt with the Nigerian Army, and we were not hiding.
“They should not hide their identity. Buhari is not God and they should not be scared of him. JTF should not attack and arrest innocent people in Ijaw communities; they should go for the real saboteurs.”
The NDLF said the current amnesty chairman, Paul Boroh, does not know the boys in Niger Delta and should be sacked immediately.
It said the appointment of another chairman like Kingsley Kuku, who knows the boys in the creeks will help stop the attacks on oil facilities in the region.


Recall that in July 19, 2011, NDLF’s former leader John Togo was believed to have died in an air strike near Warri, Delta state.
However, the resurgence of the group which seemed weak after the death of its leader comes at a time when security forces are trying to contain another group, the Niger Delta Avengers who have claimed responsibility for recent attacks on oil facilities in Delta state.