The Defence Headquarters yesterday in Abuja, warned that it would no longer tolerate acts of sabotage against the Nigerian state by anybody or group of persons.
The Acting Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar, while issuing a a statement in Abuja, on Thursday, said that the warning was against the backdrop of renewed bomb attacks on oil and gas pipelines in the Niger Delta.
The defense spokesman said that such acts of economic sabotage posed a threat to the security of the country.
Recall that in recent weeks,
suspected militants have attacked and vandalised some oil and gas pipelines across the Niger Delta including the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Gas pipeline in Egwa 1 Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State and Agip pipeline in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
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