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Piper Alpha destroys Chevron Abiteye Flow Station

Hurricane Piper Alpha hit the Abiteye flow station operated by Chevron today,
Monday, June 15, 2009 at about 0200 Hrs triggering another "systems failure" which
resulted in a massive fire outbreak that is consuming the entire facility.

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) suspects the flow
station located in Delta state must have been harboring war criminals of the
Nigerian army as they make an excellent conductor for the lightning that accompanies
hurricanes.

To avoid this reoccurring situation, our technical advice to oil company systems and

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Global Attention To Ongoing Genocide Against the Ijaws of the Niger Delta

As we write more that 2,000 bodies, mostly children, women and the elderly lie lifeless and floating in the creeks of the Niger Delta. If information reaching us from local and international press and from those on ground in Nigeria’s oil-rich but poverty stricken delta since the 13th of May 2009 is anything to go by, then what is currently playing out in the creeks of the delta (Gbaramatu to be specific) can no longer be termed military onslaught against militants, but genocide.