Nigeria’s main armed group on Sunday intensified its threat to attack the oil industry in the coming days, warning that it will stand firm on a 72-hour ultimatum issued earlier.
“The ultimatum (to local and foreign oil workers) expires about midnight (Monday) … Our focus will be the oil industry as this is an oil war,” the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said in an emailed statement.
It did not give details on the exact nature of the attack it planned to carry out on the oil industry.
MEND on Saturday warned Niger Delta oil workers to leave within 72 hours to avoid an “imminent attack,” a threat dismissed by the military as an “empty boast by a toothless gang.”