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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04ABUJA1486 |
NIGERIA'S DELTA SNAKEPIT: WILL WE AND NIGERIA BE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Nigeria's Delta is the fifth largest supplier of oil to the U.S. and also supplies some 80 percent of the Nigerian Government's revenues. It is not under GON control, however, and is awash with well-armed and well-funded private militias, environmental catastrophes, oil theft [...] |
2004-08-30 14:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NI DELTAVIOLENCE |
| 04ABUJA1656 |
RIVERS STATE FLARES UP AGAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Delta continues as a flashpoint of communal/political problems in Nigeria. The political and economic environment there has given rise to competing gangs of criminals, militias and political opportunists (Ref A). President Obasanjo has spoken of a desire for a peaceful solut [...] |
2004-09-24 12:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NI ASEC DELTAVIOLENCE |
| 04ABUJA1673 |
DELTA VIOLENCE: KEEPING OUR POWDER DRY [...] (S) Summary: Although the military situation has been relatively quiet the past few days, there is much political movement among the major players. A senior Defense Ministry source confirmed press reports that militia leader Asari, whom GON forces were trying to kill last week, is in Abuja t [...] |
2004-09-29 12:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL MOPS PGOV EPET PINS CASC ASEC NI DELTAVIOLENCE |
| 04ABUJA1675 |
DELTA MILITIA LEADER MEETS WITH GOVERNMENT [...] (S) Dokubo Asari, the leader of a militia recently fighting government forces in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta, met September 29 with GON officials in the capital Abuja. Asari claims he met with President Obasanjo. GON Information Minister Chikelu told the press Asari only met with GON secur [...] |
2004-09-30 08:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV MOPS EPET CASC PREL PINS ASEC NI DELTAVIOLENCE |
| 04LAGOS1998 |
DELTA VIOLENCE UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 29 [...] (C) Given the significant international press coverage and the threats of Ijaw secession made by Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NPDVF) leader Alhaji Dokubo Asari, the National Council of State authorized President Obasanjo to take strong actions against Delta militants and any other [...] |
2004-09-29 20:06:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS CASC EPET PGOV NI DELTAVIOLENCE |
| 05ABUJA1271 |
NIGER DELTA REMAINS TENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 6 meeting, NGO Director and Obasanjo associate, Judith Asuni, told the Ambassador tensions remain high in the Niger Delta. Small arms proliferation, cult/gang violence, and oil bunkering are all rampant, she said. The Peace and Security Strategy (PASS), a joint go [...] |
2005-07-14 12:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI EPET SOCI DELTAVIOLENCE |
| 05ABUJA1789 |
ARRESTS SPARK RENEWED UNREST IN DELTA [...] (C) Simmering tensions in the Niger Delta took a dramatic upturn with the arrest of Ijaw militia leader Asari Dukubo late on September 20. With passions already enflamed by the arrest in London last week of Bayelsa Governor Alamieyeseigha, reportedly a major financier to Ijaw militias, Asari [...] |
2005-09-21 17:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET ASEC NI DELTAVIOLENCE |
| 05ABUJA1798 |
NIGERIA'S DELTA TENSE; ASARI IN COURT [...] (C) An uneasy calm has settled on Port Harcourt, but it is overshadowed by the fear among Embassy contacts that this incident could push the country into its most serious crisis in years. Some of the militia members have returned to the rivers even as Asari appeared before a court in Abuja. [...] |
2005-09-23 06:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET ASEC NI DELTAVIOLENCE |
| 06LAGOS644 |
OIL SERVICE COMPANY EXPATRIATES RELEASED AFTER [...] (U)Summary: On May 11, three expatriate workers (one Italian, one Indian, and one British) were detained by a community group around Port Harcourt. The Italian and the Indian expatriates are employed by SAIPEM, an Italian oil services company. The incident occurred at 1120 hours in the town [...] |
2006-05-12 09:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EPET KHLS NI PGOV PINR PTER CASC DELTAVIOLENCE |
| 06LAGOS775 |
SHELL GAS PLANT ATTACKED: SOME DEATHS; 5 KOREAN, 1 [...] (SBU) A Shell Petroleum Development Company gas plant in Chawthorne Channel, near Port Harcourt, Rivers State, was attacked Wednesday, June 7 at 0100. Press reported between five and nine deaths among government security forces when armed assailants attacked their houseboat. Military sources [...] |
2006-06-07 16:52:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV PTER KHLS PINR KS NI DELTAVIOLENCE |
| 06LAGOS787 |
JUNE 9 NIGER DELTA INCIDENT SUMMARY [...] This is the initial edition of what will be a biweekly roundup of security incidents in the Niger Delta. This roundup excludes "normal" street crime and concentrates on particularly serious incidents with a possible militant or political element. These incidents have not been reported in ot [...] |
2006-06-09 11:03:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI DELTAVIOLENCE |