which of the following insurgency elements do the actual fighting and provide security?

Among these groups were Ateke Tom’s group and Alhaji Mujaheed Asari Dokubo’s 19 At the height of the Niger Delta insurgency, some of the groups had a very sophisticated arsenal that would have been the boast ofĪny group in the history of guerilla warfare.

18 However, when Ken Saro-Wiwa, a non-violent environmental activist of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), wasĮxecuted by the Nigerian government, thisįuelled an insurgency across the Niger Delta. In Rivers State, they were mostly non-violent. In most cases, including Umuechem and Ogoni Reasons, unmindful of the consequences of their activities.Įarlier on there had been various movements and activists who opposed the perceived injustice the Niger Delta people were forced toīear by the government and its oil company partners. 17 There are allegations that corrupt politicians may have unwittingly aided the process of militarisation of the Niger Delta for personal

Had spread across the entire Niger Delta and was growing in sophistication. By this time, the restiveness of the youths Years, but somehow the realisation that the common enemy was the federal government and its foreign company partners changed theĬampaign focus from an internecine fratricide to a major campaign against the government. The Ijaws, Itshekiri’s and the Urhobos fought a destructive war for the soul of Warri for more than five The oil benefits coming to Warri, a centre of oil production, next in importance only to Port Harcourt, Rivers State, in the WestĪfrican oil industry. The war was centred on who should control In Warri, Delta State, went into an all-out armed conflict, one tribe against the other. This came to a head in the late 1990s, as the main communities Initially, therefore, there was great infighting among these armed youths. Or the chieftains and their middlemen as the primary culprits in the perceived scheme of denials of benefits from oil operationsĪnd from the associated injuries to the people and their environment. Resurgence seemed to be decidedly unfocused as to who the target should be - whether it should focus on the oil companies, the government, Of raggedy, ill-equipped, restive youths, who are spread across the length and breadth of the Delta region. Government and the multi-national companies engaged in the oil industry of the Niger Delta. More than 30 years after the demise of Major Isaac Jasper Adaka Boro, there was a resurgence of the armed protest against the federal 3.4 Movement for the emancipation of the Niger Delta and related insurgencies

Which of the following insurgency elements do the actual fighting and provide security?