There was panic yesterday among indigenes of coastal communities of
Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State following explosions from
Oil Pipelines owned by Nigerian Agip Oil Company NAOC.
Confirming the development in a statement issued yesterday in
yenagoa,the Member representing Brass Constituency 1 in the Bayelsa
state House of Assembly, Hon Israel Sunny- Goli condemned the attack on
the Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) pipeline at Brass, Brass local
government area of Bayelsa state. According to him, Preliminary investigations show that the bombing
of the pipeline was an act of sabotage carried to hurt the economic
interests of Bayelsa state and Nigeria.
According to him the latest explosion coming after bombing of
pipelines recently in the same area is worrisome as it is capable of
forcing oil companies out of operation which would have adverse effect
on Nigeria’s economy.
Sunny- Goli called on security agencies to beef up security around
oil facilities to ensure they prevent future attacks by economic
saboteurs bent on crippling Nigeria’s economy.
“I want to condemn the latest attack on Agip pipeline at Kpongbokiri.
This is a clear sabotage by economic saboteurs. Recently they blasted
pipeline at Orukari and Golubokiri. I condemned this latest attack on
Agip pipeline at Kpongbokiri in its entirety. It is sabotage against
Nigeria in a bid to cripple the economy at a time the Nation is
struggling with decline in revenue due to the fall in oil prices.”
“ It is common knowledge that because of the low price of oil which
is our main source of revenue, many states can hardly pay workers
salaries. This sabotage is capable of crippling the economy if not
urgently curbed. If these attacks are not checked and the perpetrators
brought to book and Agip decides to pull out of Bayelsa state it would
be disastrous for us as a people.”
“Bayelsa state is an oil producing state and our revenue from the
federal government is based on our quota of production but this would be
reduced if Agip decides to pull out because incessant attacks on its
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