Eni’s Agip Oil Facility in Nigeria Attacked, Military Say

Militants in Nigeria blew up an oil well head belonging to Eni SpA’s Agip unit in the Niger delta Clough Creek Bayelsa state, a military spokesman said.

“It’s an isolated case and shouldn’t be misconstrued with the recent threat from MEND,” or the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Timothy Antigha, a spokesman for the Joint Military Task Force, said today by phone from Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa state. He said the military have a suspect and efforts will be made to apprehend him, adding the investigation is continuing. Harding Orife, an Eni spokesman in the region, didn’t respond to at least six phone calls.