Nigeria threatens military action over pipeline vandalism

The Nigerian government on Monday said the Niger Delta states must crack down on vandalism of petroleum product pipelines. If police are not able to do the job, the military will step in. The government issued the ultimatum in response to losing more than 600 lives and $40 million to petroleum product pipeline vandalism this year. About 24 cases of vandalism were reportedly recorded just last week.

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