Niger Delta Avengers

Nigeria to Lose N2.79bn
Daily as Avengers Blast
Qua Iboe Terminal*Exxon Mobil says no attacks at its facilities
despite militants’ claim.

Nigeria may be losing about N2.79 billion daily
as from this Tuesday as the unrelenting militant
group, Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) last night
blasted Qua Iboe crude oil terminal operated by
ExxonMobil.
Qua Iboe is Nigeria’s largest crude oil stream
and exports usually more
than 300,000 barrels per day.
At the current oil price of $47 per barrel, the
country is bound to lose
billions of naira daily.
Security sources told our reporter early this
morning that the militants stormed the terminal
at about 7.30 p.m and bombed the terminal with
dynamites.
“The hoodlums stormed the terminal in several
boats and immediately blasted
it and sped away. The attack was professionally
carried out. They were
versed with the terrain”, he said.
It was gathered that the security agents
attached to the manifold were
caught unawares as they did not expect any
attack by that hour..
According to a terse statement signed by its
spokesman, Mudoch Agbinibo,
the Niger Delta Avengers said it blew up the
ExxonMobil Qua Iboe 48″ crude
oil export pipeline at about 7.30 p.m.
In the statement titled “OTHER EXPORT
PIPELINE BLOWN”, the militant group
said “At about 7:30pm the Niger Delta Avengers
blow up ExxonMobile Qua Iboe
48″ crude oil export pipeline. When will these
International Oil companies (IOC) learn to listen.
We (Niger Delta Avengers) said no export”.
Reacting swiftly to the incident, Exxon Mobil
Corp said in the early hours of Tuesday that no
attacks had taken place at its facilities after
Nigerian militant group Niger Delta Avengers
said it had blown up the Qua Iboe 48″ crude oil
export pipeline operated by the company.
“There were no attacks on our facilities,” said
Exxon Mobil spokesman Todd Spitler.
Late on Monday Nigerian militant group Niger
Delta Avengers said on its website that it had
blown up an Exxon Mobil Corp facility.