Gunmen have killed four Nigerian policemen in the oil-producing southern Niger Delta on Monday, Police stated.
The men were ambushed in the Okobie community while traveling to Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State, police spokesman Ahmad Mohammad stated.
He stated it was unclear who was behind the attack.
Attacks on oil pipelines and kidnappings have been rising in the Niger Delta, which produces much of Nigeria’s oil output, since authorities issued an arrest warrant in January for a former militant leader on corruption charges.
Residents of the region have long been demanding a greater share of oil revenues.
Crude oil sales account for around 70% of national income in Nigeria but there has not been much development in the poor Niger Delta swampland.
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended a multi-million dollar amnesty signed with militants in 2009 to stop them from attacking oil facilities but upset them by ending generous pipeline protection contracts.
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