The militant group, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (M.E.N.D) on Sunday said its affiliate, the Forces of the Liberation Army of the Niger Delta and Bakassi (L.A.N.D. & B) has attacked and destroyed another major crude oil pipeline, the Krakrama-Cawthorn Channel 3 Feeding Line
The blowing up of the Krakrama-Cawthorn Channel 3 Feeding Line, the group said, took place at 0345hr on Sunday.
The confirmation of the explosion came via a terse statement: “Forces of the Liberation Army of the Niger Delta and Bakassi (L.A.N.D. & B) attacked Krakrama-Cawthorn Channel 3 feeding line 0345hr.”
It is the third major pipeline the group said its operatives blew up in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Earlier, the Operations Commander of L.A.N.D.&B said in a statement that it attacked and destroyed the Ogada Brass Agip trunk line running from Omouku to Brass Agip terminal and the the pipeline on Oron River, at the back of Maritime Academy.
Both attacks, it said, took place by 0200hr on Sunday.
MEND said the “attacks signify the launch of a campaign to drive out of Rivers State usurpers of the people’s legitimate authority.”
It further called on “all armed groups in Rivers State not to allow this affront pass without a fitting consequence.”