Gunmen attack Nigeria navy boat near Shell station: commander
LAGOS (AFP) — Armed militants in southern Nigeria on Friday attacked a Nigerian navy boat guarding a flow station belonging to the Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell, although there was no damage to the oil facility, a military commander said.
The attack, in which no-one was hurt, took place around Nembe creek flow station in the southwestern Bayelsa state.
"They attacked somewhere around Nembe Creek, at around 2:30 am (0130 GMT), but there were no casualties. Brigadier-General Wuyep Rimtip, in charge of a special military taskforce in the oil-hub, told AFP.
The boat "was damaged but there was no... damage to any of the (oil) facilities," he added in a telephone interview.
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