Nigeria’s most prominent rebel group says it has carried out an “unprecedented attack” on an oil tanker facility in Lagos state.“The depot and loading tankers moored at the facility are currently on fire,” said the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend).
It was not immediately clear whether the attack had taken place but police were investigating, reported Reuters.
Previous attacks by Mend have mostly hit the Niger Delta in the south.
In a statement, Mend said that “heavily armed” had "carried out an unprecedented attack on the Atlas Cove Jetty in Lagos.
Attacks in the Niger Delta have severely cut Nigeria’s oil output.