Niger Delta Violence Increasing - Again
The level of violence in the Niger Delta is increasing as MEND continues to escalate its efforts to get the trial of Henry Okah conducted in public.
The attack on CNL facilities, during which a Bristow 412 was hit by a bullet, was only one of a series of attacks, including the sabotage of the Shell pipeline between Cawthorne Channel and Bonny.
It has warned employees of companies working in the Delta that the military is not in a position to protect them. This should be made easier with all the weapons they seized from the Joint Task Force (JTF) when they attacked the Dibi and Olero flow stations last Thursday.
The period of relative calm and lack of attacks on expats seems to be finished. All expats should be extra vigilant over the next few weeks.