CHAN:
A militant group leading a violent campaign against oil facilities, has set up camp close to Africa's largest liquid-to-gas plant and crude terminals. They threaten to attack workers and facilities.
STORY:
These militants pose the latest threat to oil production in the Niger Delta.
The Okoloma Ikpangi group says it will slash output to the barest minimum unless the Nigerian government stops building up its troops in the region. Their commander says it will happen within 30 days.
[Commander Boma, Okoloma Ikpangi Group]:
"To attack these multi-nationals is just our pick. It's not going to cost us anything. We just wake up one morning, we walk down there and cause any havoc we like inside there."
The group has set up camp close the site of Africa's largest liquid-to-gas producer and crude terminals used by several multi-national oil firms.
The militants are affiliated to the main Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta that is behind a campaign of violence against the oil industry in Africa's biggest-producing nation.
Niger Delta oil workers and facilities are the target for attacks.
The militant factions say they're fighting for greater local control of resources in the delta where millions live in abject poverty despite the masive oil reserves.
But a breakdown in law and order has allowed criminal gangs to thrive by kidnapping for ransom and stealing crude.
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