Sea pirates kill three Agip staff carrying out repairs on damaged pipelines in Bayelsa
Suspected Sea pirates on Wednesday June 29th, killed three staff of oil
firm, Agip at the their work station in the creek of Nembe around Obama
flow station operated by Eni Oil, also known as Nigeria Agip Oil
Company. According to local and security sources who confirmed this to
Sahara Reporters, the victims, two engineers and their driver, were
ambushed and killed along the creeks while carrying out repair work on
Agip pipelines that had been destroyed weeks back.
"They were ambushed in their boat by the sea pirates who operate in the
area. The area is a known notorious place where gunmen operate freely,”
one source said.
Confirming the incident, the Sector Commander of the Nigeria Civil
Defence and Security Corp in Bayelsa State, Desmond Agwu, said the
bodies of the victims have not been recovered.
"We are still searching for their bodies. I can say they are missing for
now” he said.
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