Nigeria Vows to `Crush' Delta Rebels as Oil Workers Evacuated
- Shell, Chevron staff evacuated after installation attacks
- Crude output from West African nation is lowest in 20 years
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Nigeria’s military said it would “crush” rebels in the nation’s crude-producing region after oil companies evacuated non-essential workers due to the deteriorating security situation.
The armed forces are aware of a new group in the Niger River delta “who have vowed to cripple economic activities,” Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar said in a statement on Tuesday. “The military will employ all available means and measures within its rule of engagement to crush any individual or group that engages in the destruction of strategic assets and facilities of the government.”