Nigerian oil unions consider quitting Niger Delta

Nigeria’s oil workers’ unions may pull out all members from the Niger Delta over safety fears following a spate of abductions by militants and a military crackdown, the head of one of the unions said on Wednesday.

The two oil unions have called an emergency meeting after a bloody shoot-out on Sunday between troops and militants during a botched attempt to free a Nigerian hostage in the delta. It is not known whether the hostage, an employee of Royal Dutch Shell, survived.
Reuters