The Niger Delta Avengers, a militant group which is based and operates in the Southern Nigeria has resumed attacks of oil facilities in the region after a three month ceasefire and series of fruitless talks with the Federal Government of Nigeria.
The Avengers, in a statement, said they "took down" Chevron's 100,000-barrel-a-day offshore pipeline at Escravos before dawn on Tuesday.
They cited lack of progress in the talks as a reason for resumption of hostilities and also see that as a ploy by the government to distract them from their determination to drive oil producing companies away from their land and waters. They insist the companies over the years have deprived the people of the region of their farmlands and fishing waters through pollution brought about by wrong practices.
The government on its part has partially blamed the attacks, which started sometimes in February, for majority of the failures this administration has recorded so far from a steady decline in power supply to a downturn in the economy. The government's use of military force against the militants has so far yielded no positive results.
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