Nigeria: Mend Lied Over Refinery Blast, Says IYC

Yenagoa — The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide, on Wednesday, debunked claims by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) that it was responsible for last Sunday's explosion at the Pipelines and Product Marketing Company (PPMC) Evacuation/Reception Jetty in Okrika,Rivers State.

MEND had in a statement on Monday signed by Jomo Gbomo claimed that the facility was breached by 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".

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