Abducted Filipino Oilmen Freed In Nigeria
Hector Duarte Jr. - All Headline News Staff Reporter Abuja, Nigeria (AHN) - Two Filipino oil workers have been released after being held for five days in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta. Six gunmen in a speedboat abducted the two near the southeastern city of Port Harcourt last Tuesday. This is the latest in a series of assaults on foreign oil workers by militants who want more local control of oil wealth. It has led to a 25 percent cut in Nigeria's oil production, which is a key factor in the high price of crude oil worldwide. A local official said the contract workers for Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) were released Sunday in good health and taken to Port Harcourt. Throughout the Niger Delta there is widespread poverty and numerous armed militia groups operate in the area. One group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend), says it is fighting for greater local control of oil revenues and compensation from oil companies for pollution throughout the Delta.
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