More abductions in Nigerian oil delta, siege ends

Gunmen used dynamite and heavy machine guns to kidnap at least three senior managers of Indonesian chemical company Indorama in Nigeria’s southern oil-producing Niger Delta, police said on Friday.

In a different area of the impoverished delta, community elders expelled protesters occupying a major oil export pipeline hub and reopened valves to allow crude oil to flow, a traditional chief told Reuters from the facility.

The pre-dawn raid by suspected ransom-seekers on Indorama’s residential estate in Rivers state added to a tally of 20 foreign workers being held by various armed groups in the delta, home to Africa’s largest oil industry.

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