Nigeria Militant Group Coalition Says it Will End Oil Attacks

A coalition of militia groups in the Niger Delta Friday said it was ending attacks it has waged on the oil industry, following the release Thursday of its detained leader, Mujahideen Dokubo-Asari.

“We…wish to announce a complete cessation of hostilities against the Nigerian state and her perceived collaborators. We will work in line with the emerging and evolving process,” the Joint Revolutionary Council said in an e-mail statement signed by spokesperson, Cynthia Whyte.


Dokubo-Asari was granted bail Thursday by an Abuja High Court, after he been in detention for nearly two years on charges of treason.

The group, of which little is known, said recently it wouldn’t release four foreign oil workers U.S. oil services giant Schlumberger Ltd. (SLB) until Dokubo-Asari was released. It wasn’t known if the workers, who were abducted June 1, had been freed as a result of the group’s announcement Friday.

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