A gas pipeline operated by Nigeria's state
energy company in southwestern Ogun state has been attacked by men
disguised as maintenance staff, local police said on July 14.
Attacks
by militants on oil and gas facilities in the Niger Delta region--in
the south and southeast--over the last few months briefly pushed crude
production in the OPEC member country to 30-year lows in the spring.
But
facilities in the southwest region, which is not part of the Delta
area, have so far not been targeted. Militant groups have called for a
greater share of Nigeria's oil and gas wealth to go to the Delta, which
is the country's main energy hub.
Muyiwa Adejobi, a spokesman for Ogun state's police, said the attack took place on the night of June 12 in the town of Ogijo.
"We
were told that some guys came in two vehicles dressed as officials in
charge of repairs and maintenance of the gas pipelines and then used
dynamite to blow up the gas line belonging to a subsidiary of [state
energy firm] NNPC," he said. "Unfortunately, one of the lines was
damaged. There are other lines that were not affected," he added. THE SUN
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