Youths of the troubled communities in
the Burutu Local Government Area of the state, angered by the oil-induced
trouble attempted to blow up a tank farm of the oil company on Tuesday this
week. The state government, in a bid to forestall further havoc has moved in
to beef up security especially to keep surveillance on oil installations in
the area.

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