Nigeria: Hours After Peace Talk With FG, Militants Blow Up NPDC Flow Station in Delta

2 November 2016

Hours after peace talks between President Muhammadu Buhari and Niger Delta leaders, suspected militants have blown up a flow station belonging to the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) in Delta. Reports indicated that troops securing the location while on routine patrol heard an explosive sound around Ekweregbene, Bantan general area.

The attack breached a crude export line that was commissioned on Monday.

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