Nigerian militants: We'll destroy oil pipelines
* Story Highlights
* Nigerian militant group: We'll destroy oil pipelines "within the
next 30 days"
* Group has bombed pipelines and kidnapped hundreds of foreign oil
workers
* Rebels hope to secure a greater share of oil wealth for people in
the Niger Delta
(CNN) -- A Nigerian militant group issued a statement Wednesday saying it
will destroy major oil pipelines "within the next 30 days" to disassociate
itself from a government pipeline protection deal.
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND, issued the
statement. It has been blamed for a number of attacks on the African
country's oil industry.
The group issued a statement disassociating itself from the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corp. claim of a payment of $12 million to militants for
"pipeline protection."
"MEND is aware that huge payments have been made to some criminal gangs in
Delta state as a protection fee," the group said in an e-mail statement.
"This gang is not a genuine part of the Niger Delta agitation for justice
but a front for the Delta state governor for such extortions. They cannot be
labeled as militant freedom fighters."
The MEND statement said it "will never sell its birthright for a bowl of
porridge when the impoverished masses in the region continue to live in
abject poverty."
To prove that it is "not a part of this deal, the Chanomi creek pipeline (in
Delta State) and other major pipelines will be destroyed within the next 30
days."
MEND has bombed pipelines and kidnapped hundreds of foreign oil workers,
typically releasing them unharmed, sometimes after receiving a ransom
payment.
The rebels hope to secure a greater share of oil wealth for people in the
Niger Delta, where more than 70 percent of the population lives on less than
$1 a day while oil pumped from the region has brought riches to the
government, the group says.
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