Nigeria charges 65 over oil delta kidnappings

Date: 01-12-2010 1:37 pm (13 years ago) | Author: AfricanNewslive
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Police in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta have charged 65 people with kidnapping, robbery and oil theft, some of them believed to have been behind the abduction of 19 oil and construction workers.

The hostages, including seven expatriates and 12 Nigerians working for U.S. energy giant Exxon Mobil, London-listed oil explorer Afren and local construction firm Julius Berger, were freed last month.

The armed forces arrested the gang leader responsible and more than 60 of his followers -- presumed members of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) militant group -- a few weeks later. read more: http://indepthafrica.com/?p=3543

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