This 2008 photo shows fighters of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND). The armed Nigerian group announced it is calling off its unilateral ceasefire decreed on October 25 in the country's vital oil-producing southern region. (AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)Niger Delta Militants Call Off Truce With Nigeria -- Yahoo News/AP
LAGOS, Nigeria – The main militant group in the oil-rich Niger Delta called off its cease-fire with the government Saturday morning, dealing a potential death blow to a presidential amnesty program aimed at ending violence that has crippled production in the West African nation.
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta issued a statement saying it would no longer abide by the unconditional Oct. 25 cease-fire President Umaru Yar'Adua had negotiated with the group. The militants warned oil producers with pipelines and personnel working in the creeks and swamps of the Delta that it would wage an "an all-out onslaught" against them.
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