Nigeria: Militants Threaten to Kill 4 Foreign Oil Workers

20 December 2006

Lagos — Niger Delta militants, yesterday threatened to kill four oil workers of Italian oil giant, Eni, the parent company of Agip, abducted several days ago, should the Nigerian government fail to release four of their leaders currently in jail.

The workers, three Italians and one Lebanese were abducted during an attack on Agip's Brass oil export terminal in Bayelsa state.

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