{"id":12339,"date":"2016-11-13T22:26:14","date_gmt":"2016-11-13T22:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=12339"},"modified":"2016-11-13T22:26:14","modified_gmt":"2016-11-13T22:26:14","slug":"niger-delta-how-military-presence-is-foiling-attacks-on-oil-and-gas-facilities-nda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=12339","title":{"rendered":"NIGER DELTA: How military presence is foiling attacks on oil and gas facilities &#8211; NDA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Egbesu-Fraternity.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10834\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Egbesu-Fraternity-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Egbesu-Fraternity\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Egbesu-Fraternity-300x188.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Egbesu-Fraternity-128x80.jpg 128w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Egbesu-Fraternity.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Niger Delta militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers(NDA)\u00a0said on Sunday the continued presence of the Nigerian military in the Niger Delta region was the immediate trigger for the recent \u00a0attacks on oil and gas facilities.<span id=\"midArticle_byline\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Avengers spoke out days after the oil minister, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, urged militants to stop further attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Kachikwu\u2019s plea followed strikes on the Trans Forcados Pipeline, main contributor to the Forcados crude stream, the most recent of which was claimed by the NDA.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=11572&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Most groups have adhered to a ceasefire in the last few weeks while the government held talks with community leaders who, like the militants, want a greater share of Nigeria\u2019s energy wealth to go to the region that produces most of its oil.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Niger Delta Avengers cannot be blamed for the continuous bombing of crude oil export pipelines and other oil installations, since the government has been relentlessly carrying out military build ups to continuously harass communities,\u201d the NDA said on its website.<\/p>\n<p>President Muhammadu Buhari sent army reinforcements in May to arrest\u00a0\u00a0militants, a move that stoked anger as residents complained of rape, looting and arrests of youths unrelated to the militants, charges denied by the military.<\/p>\n<p>On November \u00a01, Buhari met leaders from the region for the first time since the attacks began. They urged him to withdraw the army, order oil firms to move their headquarters there and spend more on development to end the militancy.<\/p>\n<p>Buhari responded by saying he would \u201crevisit the situation\u201d in the Niger Delta once he had considered reports from armed forces chiefs. But militants, including NDA, have attacked oil facilities since the talks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe High Command of the NDA is only reacting to government\u2019s deliberate attempts to undermine the process to dialogue and negotiations,\u201d the NDA said in its statement.<\/p>\n<p>It said \u201cthe path to sustain the cessation of hostilities in the region\u201d could not be achieved \u201cwhen there are clear cases of deliberate security surge by the Nigerian government\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Attacks since the start of the year cut Nigeria\u2019s \u00a0production by more than a third.<\/p>\n<p>But, with attacks becoming less frequent in the last few months, the oil minister said output had recovered to 2.1 million barrels a day. That brought it roughly back to levels before the attacks began. 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The Avengers spoke out days after the oil minister, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, urged militants to stop further attacks. 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