The Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) has claimed responsibility for a refinery bombing that took place at the Port Harcourt refinery in Rivers and led to the loss of lives of 7 people.
According to a statement signed by Jomo Gbomo on Monday, MEND revealed that the facility was infiltrated by a few members “of our fighters with the aid of our internal agents within the NNPC contrary to speculations that the sabotage was carried out by pipeline vandals and oil thieves, which is a very convenient phrase used in shielding the truth from the public”.
It said the bombing was in line the ongoing “Operation Exodus” designed to bring down the entire refining facility.
“We will persist with our attacks on the Nigerian oil industry due to the inaction of President Goodluck Jonathan, who continues to rely on an unsustainable and fraudulent Niger Delta Amnesty programme, which is only a guise to line the pockets of Goodluck Jonathan, his wife Patience, Jonathan’s cronies and members of the Amnesty Committee whose sudden wealth remains unchallenged by the Nigerian media,” MEND added.
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