Oil War - Nigeria

June 2005Nigeria's lucrative oil reserves may have enriched its politicians but they've brought little but misery to ordinary people. Now, a rebel group is fighting for a share of the profits. "I need help. I need help," begs a woman, clutching her young children in despair. Her home has just been demolished to create luxury housing for foreign oil workers. "The oil boom has turned into the oil doom!" laments Pastor Lekia. Across the Niger Delta, there's growing resentment at the oil industry. "Corruption pervades the whole place, starting with the way contracts are awarded," complains lawyer Ledum Mittee. "There seems to be some sort of collusion between the oil companies and those in power." But militia leader Asari Dokubo has vowed to sever that link. He's fighting to seize control of the oil and give it back to the people. "We own the oil!" he proclaims. "The thieves are the people in Abuja." And across Nigeria, young men are flocking to his call. Last September, he spooked the international markets and forced the price of oil to $50 a barrel by threatening to attack foreign oil companies. The government was forced to agree a truce but he's threatened to rearm unless oil companies leave. Nigerians no longer expect help from their own government. It's militia leaders like Asari who are winning their trust.

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: journeymanpictures

Length: 22:38
Rating: 4.77
Views: 53321

Tags: Africa current Documentary Journeyman Nigeria Oil Pictures Poverty Rebels War

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dugutigisu (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

i pray for all the people of this country,may god help,its too mixed.i pray god bring understanding between them.

lumpagogo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Thanxx, Crazy.

CrazyShakaZulu (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Biafra will only rise again when the state of Nigeria has been stressed to the point where regional factions develop such as Yoruba, Northern Muslim and Christian Igbo. I belive in the Jos area, there's fighting amongst Muslims and Christians over the election of a Muslim candidate in a heavily Christian state. Muslims are viewed as settlers to the native Christian inhabitants. Finally, the oil wars will be a long-running insurgency for years to come

lumpagogo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Crazy:Will Biafra rise again? Also, can you give us some inside information on the current problems in the Jos area, as well as an updateon the oil wars?

starqz (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I agree. NEVER believe anyone from that country who asks you to send them money there!I cannot advise that to people enough

CrazyShakaZulu (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

that's a fair point. Poor Nigeria. I wish all the peoples in that nation may find future success

takarada (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

wrt Igbo I was thinking more from the viewpoint of religion, rather than wealth.

CrazyShakaZulu (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I am an Igbo myself and I think it'd be just as corrupt as Nigeria. If Europeans just carved out an Igbo state, it'd be corrupt. If the Igbos created a state themselves, it'd be less corrupt but at least politically unified

takarada (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Thanks, that is what I am trying to say.Pity when they carved up the colonies they didn't give the Igbo their own country.

CrazyShakaZulu (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

some Nigerian cultures like the Igbo value the accumulation of wealth however, corruption, tribalism, religion and other factors weaken Nigeria

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