Militants Bomb SPDC Pipeline In Delta

 Daring militants on Monday blasted an oil pipeline belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in Batan community in Warri South West Local Government area of Delta State. Security sources told Thisday that the incident occurred at SPDC Camp Five at about 1a.m. with a huge fire enveloping the site of the attack.

"Suspected militants attacked SPDC pipeline in Batan at about 1a.m. with dynamites. As I am talking to you now, the place is engulfed with fire but efforts were being made to put it off", he said. Another community source confirmed the incident, claiming that he heard a huge explosion in the midnight only to discover it was a pipeline belonging to SPDC that was blasted.

He said: "We heard a huge explosion when we were sleeping. We rushed out and found that SPDC pipeline was on fire. We are not sure whether it was militants that caused it or not", he said.