VOA NEWS: NIGERIA'S MILITARY TARGETS OIL THIEVES IN NIGER DELTA RAIDS
August 23, 2008
August 23, 2008
WARRI, Nigeria, Aug. 23 -- The Voice of America issued the following story:
By Gilbert da Costa
Nigerian soldiers are on the offensive in the Niger Delta, in a bid to stop a lucrative oil smuggling business. Oil theft is seen as a key catalyst of violence in the oil-rich region. Gilbert da Costa has this report from Warri.
The Nigerian military says it destroyed nearly 200 illegal oil refineries in the Niger Delta in recent weeks in a bid to re-estab . . .
By Gilbert da Costa
Nigerian soldiers are on the offensive in the Niger Delta, in a bid to stop a lucrative oil smuggling business. Oil theft is seen as a key catalyst of violence in the oil-rich region. Gilbert da Costa has this report from Warri.
The Nigerian military says it destroyed nearly 200 illegal oil refineries in the Niger Delta in recent weeks in a bid to re-estab . . .