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Our pipelines vandalised in 197 places in four months – NNPC

   A total of 197 pipeline points were vandalised in the first four months of this year, the latest data obtained from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation have shown. The number of vandalised pipeline points rose from 27 in January to 54 in February, according to the NNPC data. In March, 70 pipeline points were vandalised, representing a 29.63 per cent increase from the 54 points recorded in February. The corporation said Port Harcourt area accounted for 63 per cent and Mosimi Area accounted for 21 per cent of the vandalised points in March while Gombe accounted for the remaining 16 per cent. It said the number of pipeline points vandalised reduced 34.29 per cent to 46 in April. The national oil company said Port Harcourt area accounted for 54 per cent, Mosimi area accounted for 46 per cent of the vandalised points. It said it had, in collaboration with the local communities and other stakeholders, continuously striven to reduce and eventually eliminate the menace of p...