For the second time in a week, a new militant group in Imo State, the Red Scorpions, yesterday, may have bombed an oil pipeline belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Oil Company, in Awara, Ohaji/Egbema Local Council of Imo State. The members of the new group, which claimed responsibility for the attack, had emerged in the week, accusing oil companies operating in Ohaji/Egbema and Oguta Local Councils, of marginalising their host communities. Consequently, the group issued an order directing the companies to evacuate their workers and quickly leave their communities. They insisted that they could continue attacking their facilities as long as they continue to ‘neglect and marginalise’ their communities in terms of providing commensurate developmental facilities and providing employment for the people of the areas. They accused the state and Federal Government, of not doing enough to intervene in the matter. In a statement, the militant group argued that […]