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Amnesty payments to former militants stopped in December.

Operator blames pipeline vandalism on collapse of amnesty

Godfrey BIVBERE

Former President of the Nigerian Merchant Navy Officers and Water Transportation Senior Staff Association, Capt. Thomas Kerewerigha, has blamed the rise in pipeline vandalism on the collapse of the Federal Government Amnesty Programme.

Kerewerigha, who made this known in an exclusive interview with Sweetcrude in Lagos, also expressed worry over the activities of illegal refineries in the Niger Delta area, wondering why the issue has not been curbed.

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Source: vanguardngr.com