Three Britons and a Columbian working for oil giant Royal Dutch Shell have been kidnapped by armed gunmen while on their way to work near Port Harcourt, southern Nigeria’s oil centre in the Niger River delta. The men’s police escort was shot dead and the driver critically injured in the attack early Tuesday 12 January.
The area has been the scene of attacks on oil installations and on oil company employees by militants fighting for a greater share of the wealth being extracted. Production has declined 20 percent since 2006 because of the violence.
Posted by Sean Ecker on 12 January 2010 at 16:13 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 12 January 2010.
Filed under: World news
Tags: Nigeria militants, Obehi, oil, Port Harcourt Nigeria, Royal Dutch Shell
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