Nigeria’s MEND Rebels Threaten Future Attack on Oil Industry
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Nigeria’s Movement for the Emancipation of The Niger Delta rebels plans to begin a violent campaign of disrupting oil output in Africa’s top producer after it attacked a military patrol boat on Jan. 25.
The group also known as MEND claimed responsibility for an attack on a military Joint Task Force patrol in the Nembe-Bassanbiri waterways in Bayelsa State, according to an e-mailed statement from MEND spokesman Jomo Gbomo.