Nigerian Military Beefs Up Security in Delta Region

Nigerian military activity in the troubled oil-producing Niger Delta has intensified following allegations by the army claiming a plot to attack a Chevron oil facility and pipelines in the Niger Delta.

In a statement, the military said troops have been placed on maximum alert to repel attacks on Chevron’s Abiteye flow station and pipelines in Delta state. It blamed oil thieves, who are angered by the military’s seizure of 24 barges carrying stolen crude last month, for the plot.
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