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Police confirm attack on Shell facility in SE Nigeria

Xinhua, June 24, 2016 Adjust font size:

Nigerian police have confirmed an attack on a facility belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) at Awarra area of southeast state of Imo.

State police spokesperson Andrew Enwerem told reporters in Owerri, the state capital, that the police received report of the attack in the early hours of Thursday.

Enwerem could not disclose the extent of damage done to the facility or who carried out the attack.

Precious Okolobo, spokesman for SPDC, said "the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP), which runs through Awara, has been shut for repairs since June 8, following a leak at Okolo launch, Bonny in Rivers State".

"We are investigating the reported incident at Awara," he added.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack although militant group Niger Delta Avengers has claimed responsibility for a series of such attacks on oil and gas installations in the region. Endit