The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that the rate at which pipelines of major oil companies are sabotaged in Nigeria has continued to increase, stating that it rose by 115 percent in July 2019. In a statement issued by NNPC’s Acting Group General Manager, Public Affairs, Mr. Samson Makoji, the NNPC explained that a record number of 228 points were broken on the country’s pipelines in the month under review. It said this information was contained in its July 2019 Monthly Financial and Operations Report (MFOR), adding that the breached lines represented an awful increase from the 106 vandalized points recorded in June 2019. According to it, out of the vandalized points, 15 failed to be welded, while five points were ruptured. The report also stated that the Aba to Enugu axis accounted for 35 percent of the breaks, while Port Harcourt to […]