Platts
25 Feb 2011
Nigerian militant leaders declared Friday that the country's most prominent rebel group, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, no longer exists and was not capable of unleashing any further violence on the oil and gas industry.
Eleven former warlords, who were themselves commanders of various camps of the MEND, spread across Nigeria's southern oil patch, said in a paid advertisement in the local media that other, were using the group's name to perpetuate their acts.
"We want to confirm that MEND as a structured organization operating in the Niger Delta, no longer exists," the former militant leaders stated. "We disbanded our operations following the acceptance of the offer of amnesty and institutionalization of the post-amnesty program by the federal government."
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