Nigeria: MEND Claims Responsibility for Niger Delta Oil Spills

21 October 2013

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has said it is responsible for oil spills in parts of the Niger Delta, stating that the incidents were part of operation 'Hurricane Exodus' it embarked months ago.

The movement said its efforts at sabotaging facilities in the oil sector had been inadvertently complemented by oil thieves in the region with the connivance of security operatives.

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