Suspected Sea pirates on Wednesday June 29th,
killed three staff of oil firm, Agip at the their work
station in the creek of Nembe around Obama flow
station operated by Eni Oil, also known as Nigeria
Agip Oil Company. According to local and security
sources who confirmed this to Sahara Reporters,
the victims, two engineers and their driver, were
ambushed and killed along the creeks while
carrying out repair work on Agip pipelines that had
been destroyed weeks back.
killed three staff of oil firm, Agip at the their work
station in the creek of Nembe around Obama flow
station operated by Eni Oil, also known as Nigeria
Agip Oil Company. According to local and security
sources who confirmed this to Sahara Reporters,
the victims, two engineers and their driver, were
ambushed and killed along the creeks while
carrying out repair work on Agip pipelines that had
been destroyed weeks back.
"They were ambushed in their boat by the sea
pirates who operate in the area. The area is a
known notorious place where gunmen operate
freely,” one source said. Confirming the incident,
the Sector Commander of the Nigeria Civil Defence
and Security Corp in Bayelsa State, Desmond
Agwu, said the bodies of the victims have not been
recovered. "We are still searching for their bodies.
I can say they are missing for now” he said.
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