Nigeria troops repel attack on Agip oil terminal

YENEGOA, Nigeria, Feb 22 (Reuters) – Nigerian security forces repelled an attack by gunmen on an oil terminal operated by Italy’s Agip in the Niger Delta late on Saturday, a military spokesman said.

Gunmen in two speedboats attacked Nigerian troops guarding the Twon Brass oil terminal in Bayelsa state. Oil production at the facility was not affected.

“The attack was professionally foiled with no casualties on our side and the facility was intact,” said Colonel Rabe Abubakar, spokesman for the joint military taskforce in the western Niger Delta.

Reuters UK