Youths in Nigeria’s southern oil patch sabotaged the onshore Escravos- Lagos gas pipeline and abducted two workers, threatening a three-month truce that has led to tentative peace in the restive Niger Delta region. The only remaining source of gas supply to the thermal power plants across the country remains in failed portions of the pipeline. Repairs on the damaged parts have been suspended after the attack.
The Nigerian Gas Company-operated pipeline, which has a design capacity of 600,000 Mcf/day, had been expected to supply an additional 200,000 Mcf/day of gas for the Power Holding Company’s thermal stations and the pipeline sabotage threatens the government’s plan to raise power supply to 6,000 MW by the end of December.
The country’s most armed group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, declared an indefinite ceasefire on October 25 to allow talks to go ahead with the government. But activists say the plan does not address any of the militants’ key demands and fear they could return to the creeks and resume attacks if they do not quickly find work.
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