April 24, 2008
A Press Release issued by Jomo Gbomo reads:
Yesterday, Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 2218Hrs, heavily armed fighters from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) provided cover for its detonation engineers who successfully sabotaged a major crude oil pipeline located at Kula river in Rivers state of Nigeria, operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company.
After the blast, the fighters ran into a docked joint military patrol boat but were astonished that instead of a confrontation, the soldiers in the patrol boat urged them on and lamented about having to defend what is unjust.
MEND uses this opportunity to thank its numerous sympathizers inside the military, oil industry and oil producing communities for facilitating the success of the on-going Operation Cyclone (the crippling of the entire Nigerian oil export industry).
This attack is dedicated to the Rivers state governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi who boasted to the Financial Times that our past successes were attributed to the absence of patrol boats undergoing servicing. We waited for the patrol boats to return back in service before carrying out this attack to proof a point.
Our candid advice to the oil majors is that they should not waste their time repairing any lines as we will continue to sabotage them. We have time on our side and there is so much to be destroyed.The only time we will stop is when we receive a direct order from our Shepherd.
Yesterday, Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 2218Hrs, heavily armed fighters from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) provided cover for its detonation engineers who successfully sabotaged a major crude oil pipeline located at Kula river in Rivers state of Nigeria, operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company.
After the blast, the fighters ran into a docked joint military patrol boat but were astonished that instead of a confrontation, the soldiers in the patrol boat urged them on and lamented about having to defend what is unjust.
MEND uses this opportunity to thank its numerous sympathizers inside the military, oil industry and oil producing communities for facilitating the success of the on-going Operation Cyclone (the crippling of the entire Nigerian oil export industry).
This attack is dedicated to the Rivers state governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi who boasted to the Financial Times that our past successes were attributed to the absence of patrol boats undergoing servicing. We waited for the patrol boats to return back in service before carrying out this attack to proof a point.
Our candid advice to the oil majors is that they should not waste their time repairing any lines as we will continue to sabotage them. We have time on our side and there is so much to be destroyed.The only time we will stop is when we receive a direct order from our Shepherd.
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