Nigeria: Oil Installations – FG Beefs Up Security

THE Federal Government may have begun gradual security reinforcement around oil installations in the troubled Niger Delta following threats by armed groups in the region to cripple the oil industry, the mainstay of the nation’s economy in retaliation for the military attack on some Ijaw communities in Bayelsa, Edo, Ondo and Delta states.

… Vanguard investigation, however, revealed that the military authorities are not taking the threat from the militants in the Niger Delta for granted as massive movement of men and materials are being witnessed around oil-fields and installations in the last three days.

A security operative who spoke anonymously told Vanguard that all commands have been directed to be on red alert in the wake of the renewed tension in the Niger Delta.

Vanguard