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| 'Pipelines hit' in Nigeria delta | 'Pipelines hit' in Nigeria delta |
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| A militant group active in oil-rich southern Nigeria says it has bombed three major oil pipelines. | |
| The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) said it had attacked pipelines in Bayelsa State. The claim has not been verified. | The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) said it had attacked pipelines in Bayelsa State. The claim has not been verified. |
| The group has led several attacks on oil facilities and has abducted foreign workers in its campaign to win a larger share of the region's oil wealth. | The group has led several attacks on oil facilities and has abducted foreign workers in its campaign to win a larger share of the region's oil wealth. |
| Poverty and political corruption are widespread in the Niger Delta region. | Poverty and political corruption are widespread in the Niger Delta region. |
| The militants had earlier warned that they would step up attacks on oil installations in the region as "parting gift" to President Olusegun Obasanjo who stands down in three weeks time. | |
| They say the attacks were also in pursuance of their resolve to cripple the Nigerian crude oil export industry. | |
| The militants say they will continue their renewed campaign "indefinitely with attacks on all pipelines, platforms and support vessels". | |
| "All fighters involved in this attack have since returned to base without further incident," Mend said in an email to the media. | |
| It is not clear why the militants have stepped up their campaign after a lull in violence during Nigeria's general elections, but they say they want to remind the incoming government that the Niger Delta question has not left with Mr Obasanjo. |