Saddened by the renewed bombings of oil installations in the oil rich Niger Delta by the notorious militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, the Ijaw Youths Council, IYC, on Sunday condemned the sabotage of oil and gas facilities.

Recall that the NDA had in an earlier online statement claimed the renewed attacks.

The Avengers via its Twitter Handle, @NDAvengers said: “At 11:26pm on Saturday @NDAvengers blow up two NPDC major crude trunk lines close to Batan flow station in Delta state.

“At 1:15am on Sunday @NDAvengers blow up two major Chevron Oil Wells. Well 7 and Well 8, close to Abiteye flow station in Delta state.

”All five operations was carried out by @NDAvengers strike team.”

However, in a swift reaction, the IYC in a statement by its spokesperson, Eric Omare, decried that the attacks were a setback to ongoing peace talks.

He called on the group to halt attacks on oil installations to pave way for meaningful dialogue.

The statement read: “It is unfortunate and worrisome that there is a resumption of fresh attacks on oil facilities in the Niger Delta region by the Niger Delta Avengers.

“The visit of the Minister for State, Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu’s to the creeks some weeks ago generated so much goodwill and commendation from the people of the region.

“The IYC had expected the federal government to take advantage of that goodwill to engage stakeholders on how to find short and long term solutions to the problem.

“IYC also call on the Niger Delta Avengers to halt further attacks on facilities considering the negative effects of the attacks on the Niger Delta environment and give room for constructive dialogue.”