Mr President gave the directive following the group’s attack on Chevron’s platform in Warri, Delta State, on Thursday and its blowing up of pipelines linking Warri and Kaduna refineries on Friday.
Following the attack on the Okan offshore production platform on Wednesday by the militants, Chevron said it had lost about 105,000 barrels of oil production in three days.
According to Punch, the oil major said the incident had affected about 35,000 barrels per day of its own net crude production, or about 15 per cent of its output in the country.
“Approximately 35,000 bpd of Chevron’s net crude oil production in Nigeria are impacted,” AFP quoted a Chevron’s spokeswoman, Isabel Ordonez, as saying in a statement.
The General Manager, Policy, Government and Public Affairs, Chevron Nigeria Limited, Mr. Deji Haastrup, confirmed the figure.
He said, “This is a very difficult time for the country because it needs the revenue it can get from oil production. Incidents such as this have the potential to impact that. We do hope that it does not seriously affect the country.”
Workers on the pipelines said before the attack, they had pumped 28,000 barrels from Escravos terminal.
“Both Warri and Kaduna refineries also got a delivery rate of 903,000 barrels just before the attacks,” the workers who spoke on condition of anonymity said.
Following the attacks, there were about 10 military air patrols over the pipelines on Saturday.
It had been difficult for fire fighters to quench the fire from the bombed pipelines. “The fire is still on and it’s going to be hard to stop it because it’s huge,” the workers said on Saturday night.
It was learnt that following the attacks, which has the potential of affect the revenue of Nigeria, Buhari had instructed the Army, Navy and Air Force to stop the activities of the militants immediately.
A presidential aide, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said, “The President gave special instruction to the military, especially to the Chief of Naval Staff, that this ugly development of vandals in the Niger Delta should end immediately.
“What they are doing is complete economic sabotage; it is economic terrorism.”
Fighting and killing militants will only increase disruption and give birth to hatred . I think the president should negotiate with the Militants and other terrorist group in order to maintain peace so that there can be absolute peace and security in Nigeria.
Shut up oga, u no know anything. Is it any trash u see online u believe?
Illiteracy, u can’t even spell “fool”
You go school at all? When n how is he negotiating with boko haram.
You are just giving urself unnecessary hypertension
He raped ur child abi, idiot. God will punish all the haters of this present administration
What are they avenging for? Bunch of illiterates
What are they avenging for? Bunch of illiterates
I don’t think so cos he’s too sensible.
I don’t think so cos he’s too sensible.
Fellow Nigerians,pls lets preach peace.war will do no man any good cos when it happens,the elite will fly their family members to a safe haven leaving me and u helpless and hapless.Bad enough the sustained degradation of their land and the oil spillage dat has practically rendered their farmland useless and their aquatic body toxic but crisis and mayhem should not be the way out.Mediation,reconcilliation and dialogue we serve us well.Remember that agelong proverb where two elephant fight,it is the grass dat suffer
Fellow Nigerians,pls lets preach peace.war will do no man any good cos when it happens,the elite will fly their family members to a safe haven leaving me and u helpless and hapless.Bad enough the sustained degradation of their land and the oil spillage dat has practically rendered their farmland useless and their aquatic body toxic but crisis and mayhem should not be the way out.Mediation,reconcilliation and dialogue we serve us well.Remember that agelong proverb where two elephant fight,it is the grass dat suffer
No fresh order to stop the Fulani herdsmen from killing innocent souls
No fresh order to stop the Fulani herdsmen from killing innocent souls
But exercise patience for the AK47 wielding herdsmen militants? It’s well.
But exercise patience for the AK47 wielding herdsmen militants? It’s well.
The most worst president I have ever seen in my life
The most worst president I have ever seen in my life
Wrong move Mr president..at least they have a motive so act on satisfying them at least they deserve it….they’re not terrorist like boko haram.
You wrong Sir!!! They are not illiterates as you
Wow! This is powerful and well said…. One Nigeria is fake and it never exist…. Split the Nig and Eria, let there be peace in the World
They said their are peaceful, but they are worser than HIV disease.
Ceejay Bright When i told guys Niger Delta militant are educated and not like your terrorist Islamic brothers boko haram you guys where poring insult, you see the betterment they want for the good people of Niger Delta unlike those your Islamic broda who kills their brother for nothing.
U never see anything
Is like this man have eye problem, can’t you read well or see clear ?
Do i in any way resemble one of the Northerners ?
Dear Nigerians this buhari man will cause your country to split.I dont even understand how this man was voted.We look upon Nigeria a a role model of change and dynamism in Africa.But now the way this man is going There may be no Nigeria in the future.I dont know why these Northerners always are this unreasonable.If the SOuth in general cut off from the North they will be the poorest people on this planet.They should continue.For they will never islamise nigeria as they plan The Christians will take it by force.stupid man
This is Nigeria and not biafra
he should give order to soldier and kill Fulani not militant.
Stupid u so all d one ur people are doing is nothing we av other mineral resources y don’t Nigeria focus on them and let d oil be wicked people av dey done half of what d so called northern men or boys have done rubbish
Ur an idiot ur people too will die animals
Hmmmmmmmm
Esther Egule continue cursing yourself me I get future
those who have done this disaster they will never see peace in their lives.
R.I.P
Adedayo Sunday u be my teacher so teach me.
Am saying what am sure of OK I don’t talk because others are talking.
There has been blackout over time… #Govt of blame game
U are a fool, if u dont have anytin to say u beter close ur smelin quota. Ediot, fool at forty
U alamajiri u dey here dey talk rubish baa, na una go sufer pass o
Musa u be fool oo, fool at forty fool forever
How many crush him done fit crush on boko harams or the herdsmen? Your father there U0001f44bU0001f44bU0001f44b ten timxU0001f450U0001f450U0001f450
Crush boko haram nd ur brothers herdsmen then we ll knw u are fair in ur dealings.
Stupid president…Very quick to give orders to the military to crush Niger Delta militants who have not killed one soul…But same man has refused to give the same orders to the military to crush his brothers the Fulani Herdsmen who have killed more than 1000 now.
If any of the 250 ethnic in my country Nigeria including Yoruba my tribe decide to give Nigerians as whole a problem, “LET THE GOVERNMENT TREAT THEM THE WAY THEY TREATED “OPC” AND CURRENTLY TREATING BOKO HARAM,IPOB AND MILITANT (the truth is very bitter, democracy is good because each citizen has the right to vote but,has alot of disadvantages too because, our corrupts politicians that stole our money for 16yrrs believe the can’t go to prison if you don’t bring out evidence against them despite they knew they stole which can’t happen in military,the worst is that after they lost power they go behind the door and called on the youth they have abandoned for years and give 0.0000000% of money they should have use to give them a better future to the gullible youth not to eat but buy weapons and distract the government
Anu mpam u should b asking wat ur bustard fulani herdsmen also want by Killin pple
God pls have mercy on me n forgive me for ever thinking dat Buhari was going to be the messiah to help nig.
Dats d worst mistake iv made in life.
Frank White you are even a military man shame on you for you not to understand a single truth. Military for that matter. Moronic human being. You dey call me almijiri you This man you no get sence ooo I swear. Na You this kind of people no want progress for us.
don’t bliv anytin comn 4rm aso rock, it’s all a lie
Instead if to enlighten those your people that doesn’t think about their next generation coming to let Peace rain you too dey here talking rubbish calling someone almijiri. And what you Igbo people are doing is just an hatred on This government.
Thunder fire this idiot called buhari, fulani herdsmen dey kill people u wudnt react to that u dey put eye for naija delta ur real father buhari, idiot
we are not a / in a zoo
But no order was given to the military to crack down on herdmen that took lives. That’s nice to know.
@ceejay bright,thunder fire you and your miserable stinking wretched father,i am not your problem so go get a life.
@frank white,your foolish idiotic moron of a father is a bigger fool
Old age n tribalism prblm is disturbing him, very old tin
My brother’s good job
this is the worst illetracy president African hav ever present