In two simultaneous attacks late on Thursday, the Niger Delta Avengers (NDV) have targeted a state-run crude pipeline near the Batan oilfield. The oil and gas pipeline is near the Batan oilfield in Warri, and is operated by the state-run Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). African media suggest that the attack differed strategically from the series of attacks that preceded it because this pipeline was heavily guarded by state security forces and militants were demonstrating their reach and capabilities. The NDA claimed responsibility for the attack via its Twitter feed, its established method. “At 11:45pm on Thursday.@NDAvengers blew up other #NNPC Gas and Crude trunkline close to Warri. Pipeline that was heavily guarded by Military,” the group tweeted. The group rejected a meeting recently convened in Abuja by the federal government, warning of its readiness to carry out an attack that will “shock the whole world”. “The Niger Delta […]