Niger Delta militants threaten to shut down oil production
he high command of the militant group, Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), which shut down oil production for much of 2016, on Friday, declared that has ended its ceasefire with the Federal Government. The declaration was contained in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Major-General Mudorch Agbinigbo. According to the statement, the group will restart hostilities, with attacks on oil installations because of perceived insincerity on the part of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. The group accused Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transport, as a major impediment to all the peace talks with the Federal Government. While stating that it has refrained from attacking oil facilities since last year, the group said it will restart its offensive against major national oil assets, gas installations and force international oil companies such as Shell and Chevron out of the Niger Delta. “To the Nigerian government, we are aware of Egina FPSO, built in South Korea by Samsung to be op...