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Ugheli South Local Council News

29 Sep 2000

Militants Release Royal Dutch/Shell Hostages

Royal Dutch/Shell said on Friday that 12 of its Nigerian oil workers abducted by militants in the Niger Delta have been released. A spokesman for Shell said he had no immediate details and had not been directly in contact with the freed workers, whose captors had demanded compensation for a 10-year-old oil spill in their area. Naval sources said the captives were freed after the navy threatened to intervene militarily. The 12 were seized on Thursday by youths from Arhavwarien community in Ugheli South Local Council in southern Delta State, on their way to repair a leaking pipeline in a neighboring village. The militants said they wanted compensation of $1.5 million for a 1989 oil spill.

28 Sep 2000

Royal Dutch/Shell Workers Held Hostage In Nigeria

It was reported that militant youths in Nigeria's Niger Delta are holding 12 Royal Dutch/Shell workers hostage, to press for compensation for an oil spill in their area. Shell officials in Lagos said they were not aware of the kidnapping, which the youths said was to forced the oil company pay $1.5 million compensation for a 1989 oil spillage. Sources said the oil workers, mainly Nigerians, were seized by youths from Arhavwarien community in Ugheli South Local Council in southern Delta State, on their way to effect repairs of a leaking pipeline in a neighboring village. Residents demanding a greater share of Niger Delta region's oil wealth frequently sabotage or kidnap oil workers to try to win payments from oil firms.