|
|
Article: Writethru: Militants warn against oil firms to quit Niger Delta
- Article from:
- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- February 4, 2009
CopyrightCopyright 2009 Xinhua News Agency. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
Writethru: Militants warn against oil firms to quit Niger Delta
LAGOS, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Militants in Nigerian oil-rich Niger
Delta region have given an ultimatum to oil companies operating in
the region to leave before Feb. 14 or expect a massacre, reported
the Nation newspaper on Wednesday.
The international oil companies operated in Niger Delta have been
accused by the rebel groups of backing and aiding the Nigerian
military to carry out attacks on their camps and so must expect the
worse on Valentine Day.
The Niger Delta Patriotic Force (NDPF) in a statement, signed by
its leader Ateke Tom, released to journalists in Port Harcourt, gave
the Nigerian federal government and other ...