Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta

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The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) is a decentralised militant group in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. MEND's actions – including sabotage, theft, property destruction, guerrilla warfare, and kidnapping – are part of the broader conflict in the Niger Delta and reduced Nigeria's oil production by 33% between 2006-07. The then President Umaru Musa Yaradua administration created an amnesty program to liaise with the group to drop their arms and ammunition in 2009 and embrace government intervention in the Niger Delta region. This amnesty was welcomed by the group as some of its top leaders, including Henry Okah and Ebikabowei Victor-Ben accepted the government's offer.

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