The Niger Delta Liberation Force said in an emailed statement that it had struck three flow stations in Delta State using remotely activated bombs.
There was no immediate independent confirmation.
”NDLF has carried out bombings of three oil flow stations in Delta State to draw government attention to the plight of the suffering people of Ayakoromo,” the statement said.
Earlier this month, a military task force comprising the army, navy and air force began raiding and occupying camps believed to belong to John Togo, the suspected leader of the NDLF, close to the Ayakoromo communities in Delta.
Nigeria‘s army chief of staff said eight soldiers and six civilians were killed when Togo‘s followers fled into Ayakoromo and then engaged soldiers in a gun fight.
The NDLF said it would surrender if the task force withdrew troops from its camps but the army has said it will continue to hunt Togo and his followers, who it says are responsible for violent armed robberies, ambushes and attacks.
”If government is sincere for a dialogue, it should withdraw the soldiers around Ayakoromo and environs and NDLF will faithfully comply with its earlier promises of disarmament for peace to reign,” the statement said.
Nigeria is home to Africa‘s largest energy industry but its oil and gas output has been held back for years by strikes on pipelines and infrastructure by military groups who say they are fighting for a more even distribution of the oil wealth.
The line between militancy and crime is blurred.
Gang leaders have grown rich on the spoils of kidnapping for ransom and the theft of industrial quantities of oil.
At its peak almost four years ago, violence knocked out more than a quarter of the OPEC member‘s crude production, but an amnesty brokered last year by President Goodluck Jonathan brought more than a year without attacks.
Nigeria is Africa‘s largest crude exporter and, despite a resurgence in militant attacks in the last two months, it continues to produce more than two million barrels per day.
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