Insecurity: Gunmen Kill four oil workers and kidnap six others in Bayelsa

Four oil workers were killed by gunmen suspected of being pirates while working on pipeline maintenance for the Nigerian Agip Oil Company.

The suspected pirates ambushed their unsuspecting victims in Okoroma and Ogbokiri-Akassa communities of Nembe and Brass Local Government areas of Bayelsa, according to a spokesman for the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps.

Two workers, a driver, and a security operative were killed at a facility in Nembe, Bayelsa state, which feeds oil and gas to the Brass export terminal, according to an NSCDC spokesman.

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“Some gunmen attacked some contract workers doing some repair work at the Nembe axis of Obama flow station yesterday, killing two contract workers and a driver,” NSDC spokesman Ogbere said on Sunday.

He went on to say that one of his men was also killed, and that two others were injured and are being treated. “One of the missing personnel was killed, while the other two were found and are responding to treatment,” he said.

According to NAN, the Agip oil workers and security personnel were attacked around 6 a.m., when six oil workers allegedly doing maintenance work near their platform were kidnapped and taken away.

The Nembe community is currently the source of Nigeria’s recent oil spill, which occurred on November 5th, when the Federal Government ordered AITEO Eastern Exploration and Production Company Ltd (AEEPCo) to stop operations in the Nembe oil spill area of Bayelsa State until a proper investigation is conducted.

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The Danish military reported last week that four pirates were killed by a frigate ship in southern Nigerian waters off the coast of the Gulf of Guinea.