A new militant group, Red Egbesu
Water Lions, has surfaced in the
Niger Delta region, just as suspected
militants, Tuesday night, blew up
the Sagbama-Tuomo gas line,
belonging to Nigerian Agip Oil
Company, NAOC, at Egbembiri,
Southern Ijaw local government
area of Bayelsa State .
A security source, who confirmed
the explosion, said: “Egbembiri is a
border town between Bayelsa and
Delta states. They destroyed the
Ayama section of the Ogboinbiri-
Tuomo gas pipeline with dynamites
at about 9.00 pm on Tuesday.
That line was earlier repaired, last
week and again vandalized.”
“We, however, suspect that dispute
over the surveillance contract led
to the attack. The Agip pipeline
links major oil facilities in Delta
and Bayelsa States,” he added.
The new militant group in a
statement by its Creek Network
Coordinator, “General”
Torunanawei Latei, said it was
teaming up with the Niger Delta
Avengers and Indigenous People of
Biafra, IPOB.
“It issued the Federal Government
a seven-day ultimatum to release
Nnamdi Kanu, former National
Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo
Dasuki and direct EFCC to defreeze
the bank accounts of ex-militant
leader, Government Ekpemupol,
alias Tompolo,
Threatening to shut down all oil
exploration activities in the Niger
Delta at the expiration of the
ultimatum, the group also
demanded “unconditional
immediate payment to victims of
the Bonga Oil Spill and Chevron gas
explosion in Koluama, Bayelsa
state.”
“It is extremely important to note
that the engine room of the
national interest is the executive
obedience to court orders,
protection and preservation of
citizens’ constitutional liberties.
Justification of executive
disobedience to court orders as a
protection of national interest is
abominable.
“This is a deliberate ploy to bend
the law and suspend the 1999
Constitution.
We ask, does President
Muhammadu Buhari have any legal
capacity to declare anyone as a
criminal? Disobedience to court
orders is an act of executive
rascality in the country,” the group
added.
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