Pipeline Safety: ‘Sabotage on the rise’ – Niger Delta leaders beg govt for security

Leaders of the Niger Delta Ethnic Nationalities Youth Leaders Forum, NDENLF, person urged the national government, the National Assembly, and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, to supply each indispensable enactment to section information firms safeguarding lipid infrastructure successful the Niger Delta.

They asseverate that this enactment is indispensable to support the advancement successful Barrels Per Day, BPD, which has risen to 1.8 cardinal BPD.

The Chairman of NDENLF, Jonathan Lokpobiri, made this entreaty portion presenting the resolutions from the NDENLF acme held connected May 22, 2026, successful Port Harcourt, during a gathering successful Abuja on Monday.

He called connected those successful powerfulness to instrumentality decisive actions, stating, “The leaders of our federation indispensable instrumentality superior enactment connected these demands we person articulated based connected the communiqué we reached.

“What were the issues we raised? In the Niger Delta, improvement remains a distant goal. Companies are engaged successful wellness and information efforts, contributing to the extortion of the region.

“Sabotage continues to escalate. Our connection is unequivocal: the enactment of the National Assembly, the National Security Advisor, and the NNPCL, which oversees lipid and state operations successful the Niger Delta, indispensable enactment and facilitate those who are already successfully perfor...