Journal of Global Ecology and Environment

This study examined the effects of sabotage in Oil and Gas Sector in Nigeria. Primary and secondary sources of data were accessed. In-depth interviews were held. The questionnaire was used. Opinions of people were used in the questionnaire validation. Each community agreed that they were vulnerable to sabotage. In Ikot Edibon (33.3%) were vulnerable, 82.2% were vulnerable in Ibeno, 77.8% in Onna, 72.5% at Esit Eket, 82.6% at Oron, 73.3% at Ekakprame, 97.7% at Eket, 95.2% at Uzere and 86.7% at Bomadi. In all, 77.5% of the residents in oil producing communities indicate that the pipeline were vulnerable to sabotage while 22.5% held contrary opinion during the period of study. The data collected were analyzed using principal component analysis (PCA). The explained variance for factors 1 and 2 are 4.177656 and 2.822344 respectively while the joint effect of this result from the Eigen value correlation matrix explains 100% which indicates that the isolated factors accounts for 100% of sabotage. Based on the findings, recommendations were proffered.