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The Nigerien authorities confirmed {that a} sabotage operation had occurred, for which a insurgent motion claimed accountability, and which affected a part of a pipeline transporting crude oil to Benin.
Nigerian media reported that “people with dangerous intentions sabotaged a part of the pipeline within the Tusker area (central east) of the nation.”
Zinder District Governor, Colonel Issoufou Labo, who inspected the location of the assault, mentioned: “We’ve collected data and proof in regards to the suspected perpetrators, and all those that contributed to this can be arrested and tried in line with their terrorist act.”
Earlier, the Nationwide Liberation Entrance, a insurgent motion combating for the discharge of Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum, who was ousted throughout a coup in July and has been detained since then, claimed accountability for an assault that led to the cessation of an “vital half” of the pipeline that transports crude oil to… Boys off work.
The Entrance was established in August 2023 after the navy overthrew President Bazoum on July 26 and detained him. The Entrance’s chief, Mahmoud Salah, introduced after that that he had taken up arms to demand the “launch” of the ousted president and threatened to “blow up services,” particularly “oil installations.”
Supply: Agence France-Presse