The Delta region of Nigeria is fast becoming a place where abductions is being carried out in the country, as Gunmen reportedly kidnapped three oil workers from Canada, Scotland and Nigeria at a rig in the state on Saturday. This is the second abduction in the area in less than a week.
The attackers raided the rig owned by Niger Delta Petroleum Resources in Ogbele, Rivers State at around 8 a.m., the spokesman for the area’s military operations, Major Ibrahim Abubakar, said.
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Troops were searching surrounding swamps, he added. State police said they had stepped up security on an east-west road where armed men had attacked civilians in recent weeks.
On Thursday, two Royal Dutch Shell oil workers were kidnapped and their police escorts killed in Rivers State while returning from a trip.
The Niger Delta produces the bulk of Nigeria’s crude. It has been plagued by criminal gangs and by armed groups demanding a greater share of oil revenues for the region.
Yetunde Adegoke
