Avengers Never Blow Up NNPC Pipeline – Police

Following claims by Militant group, Niger
Delta Avengers, that it blew up an NNPC
pipeline in Oruk-Anam Local Government
Area of Akwa Ibom, the Commissioner of
Police in the state, Mr Murtala Mani, on
Thursday, refuted the alleged explosion
claim by the militants.
According to him, the alleged vandalism
was an accident caused by a leakage in the
gas pipelines.
He said that it was a technical problem and
that some engineers from Port Harcourt
were working to rectify the leakage.
Mani told newsmen that the state was safe
from the activities of the militant group.
In an earlier report, Avenger had claimed
attacked on NNPC Pipeline in the state but
Mani said, the claim is untrue.