Nigeria: Military Cannot Protect You, MEND Threatens Oil Companies

Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, (MEND) has warned oil companies working along the coastal region of Nigeria to be ready for war, just as it said the military was not in a position to protect them.

MEND said the oil companies were in for a raw deal, stressing that it had decided to step up its attack on oil installations ahead of schedule. “And there will be many more to follow,” it assured.
Nigeria’s main rebel group, Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, yesterday said it had stepped up attacks against the country’s oil infrastructure by supplying explosives to communities to use to blow up oil pipelines.

MEND said it blew up a Shell pipeline yesterday. Nigerian security agencies are yet to confirm the attack as at the time of going to press.

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