MEND claims attack on Trans-Forcados pipeline

Niger-delta militant group, MEND has claimed the Wednesday attack on the Trans Forcados oil pipeline in the Niger Delta without authorisation.

“The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) takes full responsibility for the Trans-Forcados Crude Export pipeline attack in the Batan area of Delta State on Wednesday, November 2, 2016,” the group said in statement quoted by Vanguard newspaper.

“The attack was however, unauthorized by our high command,” it added.