The militant group, Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) said on Wednesday it was behind an attack on Shell’s Forcados crude pipeline a day earlier, Reuters reports.

“Yes, NDA blew up the Forcados export pipeline,” a spokesman for the group said by email when asked whether a statement announcing the attack late posted on a previously unknown Twitter account was accurate.

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