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NIGERIA: MILITANTS THREATEN TO KILL PRESIDENT February 21, 2006
Kizza Harajah
(SomaliNet) Militants who have carried out a series of attacks on oil facilities in Nigeria have thretened to kill Nigeria's president, Olusegun Obasanjo if he goes to the Delta state.
Nigeria's government is yet to comment on the threat.
They are also threatening not to stop their attacks in Nigeria."We are going to continue with the destruction of oil facilities in Delta State while concluding arrangements for our wider attacks on the entire region," the militants said.
These militants belong to the Movement for the emancipation of the Niger Delta. They have been attacking different oil facilities and their activities have led to drop in Nigeria's oil production.
Currently, they are holding nine foreign oil workers hostage.