– An armed group who claims to be working to safeguard the Agip pipeline in Azuzuama-Ikienghenbiri creek, and another group said to be vandals clash in Bayelsa state
– The pipeline is set ablaze while the two groups engaged each other in the gun battle
– Residents are scared as a result of the clash and are presently leaving to neighbouring villages for cover
A section of the Tebidaba-Brass pipelines along the Azuzuama-Ikienghenbiri creek in Southern Ijaw local government, Bayelsa state is currently on fire,
But while the reports that gunmen attacked the facility, which is owned by oil giant, Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC), Sahara Reporters is reporting that the incident was caused as a result of a clash between rival armed groups.
According to Ebidimo Joseph, who resides in Ikienghenbiri, the groups were struggling for control of the Ogboinbiri-Tebidaba crude trunk line which passed through the area.
He added that residents are scared as a result of the clash and are presently leaving to neighbouring villages for cover.
He said: “We understand it is a conflict between two armed groups for the access to the crude pipeline, one group claims to be working to safeguard the pipeline and said the other group are vandals; they have been shooting.
“The sound of the gunfire is scary, and there is no sign of the Joint Task Force soldiers who are supposed to be patrolling the area, we have not seen any soldier.
“The pipeline was set ablaze while the two groups engaged each other in the gun battle and there was no way to ascertain if there was any casualty yet.”
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