Chief Ayiri Emami Condemns Militants’ Attack On Chevron/NNPCL Pipelines In Delta

Popular Warri-based business tycoon and APC Chieftain, Chief Ayirimi Emami, has condemned the reported vandalization of several pipelines of Chevron Nigeria Limited,(CNL) and Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) along the Olero-Dibi-Abiteye Fields/Flow stations in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State.

Recall that a suspected militant group under the aegis of the Niger Delta Liberation Movement, NDLM, popularly known as MOVEMENT, had on Friday November 22, claimed responsibility for bursting the pipelines, measuring 6 inches, 8 inches, and 10 inches in diameter.

The damaged pipelines, transport various petroleum products, such as natural gas and crude.

The group, in a syndicated press statement, stated that it carried out the operation at about 2:00 am, Friday November 22, describing the damage as the launch of ‘Operation CHEVRON DRAGNET’

Reacting to the incident on Monday, Chief Emami, asserted that there was no justifiable reason to burst the pipelines, saying the Itsekiri people have civil ways of addressing their grievance with Chevron Nigeria Limited as well as other international oil and gas companies, operating in Itsekiri land.

Whilst urging security agencies to fish out those responsible for bursting of the pipelines along the Olero-Dibi- Abiteye stations, Emami, stressed the need for security agencies to avert recurrence of the attack.

According to the Itsekiri leader, the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration, “is doing everything possible to increase the daily crude oil production in the country and every critical stakeholder in the Niger Delta as well as other parts of the country, should support the President’s resolve.”