Close Menu
    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
    SweetCrudeReportsSweetCrudeReports
    Subscribe
    • Home
    • Oil
    • Gas
    • Power
    • Solid Minerals
    • Labour
    • Financing
    • Freight
    • Community Development
    • E-Editions
    SweetCrudeReportsSweetCrudeReports
    Home » JTF debunks rumoured attack on Conoil pipeline in Bayelsa

    JTF debunks rumoured attack on Conoil pipeline in Bayelsa

    January 6, 2019
    Share
    Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp
    *Military personnel engaged in operations in the Niger Delta.

    Mkpoikana Udoma

    06 January 2019, Sweetcrude, Port Harcourt — The Joint Taskforce operating in the Niger Delta region, Operation Delta Safe, OPDS, has described as false the reports making the rounds that suspected militants have attacked an oil pipeline operated by Conoil Plc in Koluama-1 community, Bayelsa State.

    Some online media outfits, not SweetCrude Reports, had reported that on Friday 4th January 2019 around 12:30 am there was a massive explosion from the location of Conoil exploration site near the Atlantic coastline in Koluoama 1, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state.

    Although the report did not attribute the attack to any militant group in the region but had insinuated that the attack was carried out by some aggrieved members of Koluoama community over the issue of a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with the oil firm.

    But the Spokesman of OPDS (the Taskforce in charge of protecting oil infrastructures in the region) Major Ibrahim Abdullahi, described the report as a hoax created by mischief makers to misinform the public and cause panic.

    Abdullahi told our correspondent that checks have been conducted by personnel of the Taskforce to verify the claim of attack by any militant group on the said oil facility and found no substance in it.

    He called on members of the public to go about their normal business while urging media practitioners to always crosscheck their facts before rushing to the press to avoid publishing falsehood.

    According to him, “I can confirm to you that there is nothing like that. Our men have carried out exhaustive verifications and we found out that no such incident happened.

    “That report is just the handiwork of mischief makers to create panic, and I am certain no credible media outfit would publish such falsehood.”

    Similarly, a Community leader in Koluama 1 and Chairman, KEFFES Rural Development Board, Mr. Mathew Sele-Epri, said the report is false.

    Sele-Epri said that the area has been peaceful since the new year with frequent patrols by the joint task force in Koluama area dominating the waterways.

    “I am in Koluama 1 as we speak and there is no report of any attack on Conoil or any oil facility nearby, I did not hear any explosion noise neither did I hear anyone discuss it

    “There was no such incident, like that, if it happened I should have known.”

    Related News

    NDDC eyes Cross River for IOCs-driven infrastructure partnership push

    Stakeholders urge Ogoni communities to embrace HYPREP projects

    200 beneficiaries receive NDDC foreign post graduate scholarship

    E-book
    Resilience Exhibition

    Latest News

    NDDC eyes Cross River for IOCs-driven infrastructure partnership push

    June 24, 2025

    Nigeria targets 10,000 jobs, skills transfer in $400m minerals processing plant

    June 24, 2025

    RMDB meets stakeholders, unveils ambitious maritime development blueprint

    June 24, 2025

    ‘Africa’s economic future rests on integrating informal sector into AfCFTA framework’

    June 24, 2025

    Court fixes July 16th to decide Macobarb vs NLNG N5.74bn claim

    June 24, 2025
    Demo
    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
    • Opec Daily Basket
    • Oil
    • Power
    • Gas
    • Freight
    • Financing
    • Labour
    • Technology
    • Solid Mineral
    • Conferences/Seminars
    • Community Development
    • Nigerian Content Initiative
    • Niger-Delta Question
    • Insurance
    • Other News
    • Focus
    • Feedback
    • Hanging Out With Markson

    Subscribe for Updates

    Get the latest energy news from Sweetcrudereports.

    Please wait...
    Please enter all required fields Click to hide
    Correct invalid entries Click to hide
    © 2025 Sweetcrudereports.
    • About Us
    • Advertise with us
    • Privacy Policy

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.