Nigeria troops repel attack on Agip oil terminal

Δημοσιεύθηκε: 22 Φεβρουαρίου 2009 - 13:16

YENEGOA, Nigeria, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Nigerian security forces repelled an attack by gunmen on an oil terminal operated by Italy's Agip in the Niger Delta late on Saturday, a military spokesman said.

Gunmen in two speedboats attacked Nigerian troops guarding the Twon Brass oil terminal in Bayelsa state. Oil production at the facility was not affected.

'Armed men attacked the Agip terminal, but were foiled,' said Colonel Rabe Abubakar, spokesman for the joint military taskforce in the western Niger Delta. (Reporting by Segun Owen in Yenegoa and Austin Ekeinde in Port Harcourt; Writing by Randy Fabi) Keywords: NIGERIA DELTA/

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