Home » Headlines, Niger Delta, Oil Politics » Militants abduct 5 oil workers in Niger Delta

Militants abduct 5 oil workers in Niger Delta

Militants abduct 5 oil workers in Niger Delta

Suspected militants have abducted five oil workers in Nigeria’s restive Niger Delta region, an area regularly hit by militant attacks and abductions.

The militants seized the workers on Wednesday near the Ajoki community, which borders Edo and Delta States, said Delta State police spokesperson, Andrew Aniamaka.

“The police in partnership with the military are working to ensure that the victims are rescued unhurt with the perpetrators arrested and brought to book,” Aniamaka said.

The workers are employees of Sahara Energy Oil Company, a Nigerian energy firm. “They were in a boat en route to an offshore location when the gunmen arrived”, said local resident Ajugu Fidelis, who witnessed the abduction.

“(They) stormed the waterside and ordered the workers into their boat amidst sporadic gunshots and sped off to an unknown location.”

The incident happened a few hours after the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), a rebel group known to attack oil pipelines, issued a statement warning the government it was ending a 2017 ceasefire agreement.

The NDA’s targeting of oil and gas infrastructure in 2016 led to a slump in output that helped tip Nigeria into recession.

Kidnapping has long been a problem in Nigeria’s southern states where high-profile individuals, including the families of prominent politicians, are regularly seized.

-Sunwp_posts

Related Posts

Website Pin Facebook Twitter Myspace Friendfeed Technorati del.icio.us Digg Google StumbleUpon Premium Responsive

Short URL: https://newnigerianpolitics.com/?p=49684

Posted by on Jan 20 2018. Filed under Headlines, Niger Delta, Oil Politics. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry

Leave a Reply

Headlines

Browse National Politics

Featuring Top 5/1449 of National Politics

Subscribe

Read more

Browse Today’s Politics

Featuring Top 5/57 of Today's Politics

Browse NNP Columnists

Featuring Top 10/1573 of NNP Columnists

Browse Africa & World Politics

Featuring Top 5/2444 of Africa & World Politics

Subscribe

Read more

ADVERTISEMENT

Categories

FEATURED VIDEOS

Advertisements

ARCHIVES

October 2025
S M T W T F S
 1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031  

© 2025 New Nigerian Politics. All Rights Reserved. Log in - Designed by Gabfire Themes