LAGOS – Nigerian militants said Monday they destroyed a Chevron oil pipeline junction in the latest attack on Nigeria’s key money earner since the government offered an amnesty.
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said it attacked the Okan manifold late Sunday.
According to the rebels, the manifold controls about 80 percent of the crude that Chevron Nigeria Limited sends to its BOP Crude Loading Platform.
A Chevron spokesman said an investigation had started and no comment would be made. Read More »
