he main armed rebel group in Nigeria's oil-rich south on Saturday claimed to have destroyed a major pipeline belonging to Royal Dutch Shell in the sixth such attack in less than a week.
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), the main group fighting for a greater share of the region's oil wealth for local people, said the attack took place on Friday on a "major pipeline" in Rivers state.
"The military and the government of Nigeria whose unprovoked attack on our position prompted this oil war are no match for a guerrilla insurgency of this kind," it said.
The MEND, which launched an "oil war" on Sunday, said it "will continue to nibble every day at the oil infrastructure in Nigeria until the oil exports reach zero."
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), the main group fighting for a greater share of the region's oil wealth for local people, said the attack took place on Friday on a "major pipeline" in Rivers state.
"The military and the government of Nigeria whose unprovoked attack on our position prompted this oil war are no match for a guerrilla insurgency of this kind," it said.
The MEND, which launched an "oil war" on Sunday, said it "will continue to nibble every day at the oil infrastructure in Nigeria until the oil exports reach zero."
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