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This week, another set of Niger-Delta abductees regained their freedom, courtesy of Bayelsa State Governor Goodluck Jonathan, whose administration took over the responsibility of negotiating with the kidnappers. One of them, at the very least, openly declared that though he was not hurt and had regained his freedom, he had no intention of returning to work from which he was abducted.
Port Harcourt/Lagos — FIVE soldiers and a member of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) were killed yesterday when militant Ijaw Youths attacked an oil field at Cawthorne Channel in the Asari Toru local government area of Rivers State.
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), yesterday killed 10 soldiers and kidnapped five South Korean oil workers during an attack on a gas plant belonging to Shell in Asari Toro local government area. The 10 dead soldiers, Daily Trust gathered, were guarding the oil facility where the Korean expatriates worked.
Port Harcourt — Militants fighting in Nigeria's southern oil-producing Niger Delta said on Thursday they have freed five South Korean oil workers taken hostage in an attack on a gas plant operated by Royal Dutch Shell.
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), which claimed Wednesday's attack on Shell's Cawthorne Channel facilities, said the hostages were released to a senator from the oil region on the direction of detained militia leader Mujahid Dokubo-Asari.
Port Harcourt — A militant group in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta claimed responsibility for kidnapping five South Koreans during an attack Wednesday on a gas plant operated by Royal Dutch Shell.
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said in an emailed statement that several people were killed in the raid.
Lagos — Militant youths in Bilabiri kingdom of Bayelsa State which kidnapped eight foreign oil workers last week and freed them two days after, have threatened to continue with the kidnappings, if their wishes were not met.
Yenagoa — Eight foreign oil workers abducted by gunmen from an offshore rig in Nigeria were freed by their captors on Sunday, Nigerian authorities said.
The hostages, including six British nationals, one Canadian and one US citizen were released in two batches following negotiations conducted by officials of the southern Bayelsa state in charge of the area where the kidnap occurred.
Warri/Yenagoa/Lagos — Niger Delta militants yesterday again raised tension in the oil producing region when they attacked an oil rig and abducted eight foreign workers in an offshore well located in the Ekeremo Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
Yenagoa — EIGHT foreign oil workers of an indigenous oil company, Sea Petroleum, were kidnapped in the early hours of yesterday at Bilabiri, an Ijaw community in Koa Kingdom, Ekeremor local government of Bayelsa state by armed militants supposedly from the Iduwini Volunteer Force (IVF).
Port Harcourt — Gunmen raided an offshore oil rig in Nigeria before dawn on Friday, abducting eight foreign oil workers, police and oil company officials said.
"They were attacked and kidnapped by a group of militants and include six Britons, one American and one Canadian," Nigerian police spokesman Haz Iwendi told reporters. "No group has claimed responsibility and no demands have been made," he added.