Nigerian militants threaten major gas export plant

LAGOS (Reuters) – Militants threatened on Friday to destroy a $13 billion natural gas export plant in Nigeria.

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said in an email to Reuters they were conscious of the potential for an attack on the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas plant to hurt nearby communities, and would launch a warning raid on an oil facility beforehand.

“We recognize the catastrophic result of an unannounced attack on the NLNG and will not do so without good warning to surrounding communities,” MEND said.

“We will destroy that plant but I promise you, we will carry out a terrible unannounced attack on an oil installation as a prelude to the NLNG attack and a warning to all to vacate that gas plant.”

Reuters