2024-06-22 10:31:04
Niger authorities confirmed that “malicious people” claimed that a part of the oil pipeline carrying crude oil to Benin had been “sabotaged”.
Public tv station Télé Sahel mentioned late on Friday that on the night time of June 16 and 17, “malicious actors broken some pipelines within the Tosque province (central-eastern half)”.
Colonel Issouf Rabbo, the governor who traveled to the area, introduced on public tv in Zinder that “we have now collected data and clues in regards to the perpetrators” and that “all these concerned will likely be arrested and prosecuted for his or her horrific acts.” Be judged.” The scene of the assault.
“We all know which group is the perpetrator of this invoice (which it additionally claims to do),” added Ousmane Baydo, a prosecutor close to the Anti-Terrorism Justice Middle in Zinder, which launched an investigation.
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On Monday, the Patriotic Entrance for Liberation (FPL) claimed duty for an assault that disabled “important components” of a pipeline carrying crude oil to Benin.
“This act of sabotage and vandalism” “broken the pipeline” and prompted a crude oil leak, reported Télé Sahel, which broadcast pictures of an oil spill greater than 370 meters deep in the course of the bush.
The goal pipeline is almost 2,000 kilometers lengthy and should transport oil from Agadem (northeast of Niger) to the port of Semi-Kpoji in Benin.
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