New Militant Group Blows Up Oil Pipeline In Imo State

A new militant group called the Red
Scorpion, based in Imo state, has claimed
responsibility for blowing up two pipelines
belonging to Elf Oil Company in Awara in
Ohaji Egbema Council Area of Imo State.
This admission comes as the militant group
had threatened to blow up the Shell
Pipelines in Oguta.
The group in a post on their Facebook
account yesterday, said that their threat
should not be taken as an empty one as
they have the capability to carry it out,
warning that until the oil producing areas
in the state are given their due, the oil
companies operating in the areas will
know no peace.
Meanwhile, some of the ex-militants from
the area, who confirmed the existence of
the new group, said that they were not part
of the renewed spate of militancy.
According to one of them, who preferred
anonymity, “people are angry and blowing
up pipelines is no longer news…”