Six People Killed In Attack In South

Violence seems to be the order of the day currently in Nigeria’s south as six more people have been confirmed dead as violence increases between the Nigerian military and local militants in the region.

Violence has plagued the oil-producing south for the past few months after rogue local militants have attacked many oil firms.

The biggest and most active of these militant groups is a group called the Niger Delta Avengers that have repeatedly attacked oil firms and have also attacking pipelines relating to the oil firms.

The military has said that the latest attack happened on a boat belonging to the state-run oil firm, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. They confirmed that six people were killed.

A spokesperson for the military said that of the six people who were killed, four of them were civilians:

“…During the deliberate attack two soldiers were killed, one wounded, one soldier has gone missing while four civilian staff attached to the house boat were shot dead,” the spokesperson said.

None of the local militant groups have claimed responsibility for the latest attack.