Nigeria oil rebel pipeline found

Nigeria’s army says it has found a private pipeline that was used to supply oil to a militant leader’s home.

The underground pipeline ran from a major oil refinery to a hideout in Rivers State of Ateke Tom, the head of the Niger Delta Vigilantes.


Mr Tom is accused of being behind much of the lawless money-making schemes causing havoc in the oil-rich region.

Correspondents say smuggling crude oil, known as bunkering, provides many militants with money to buy weapons.

BBC