Nigeria: Militants attack oil station

Nigeria's main militant group said yesterday it had sabotaged an oil pumping station in the Niger Delta operated by Chevron, the fifth attack claimed against the United States energy company in less than a month.

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta said it attacked the Chevron-operated Abiteye flow station, which feeds oil to the Escravos export terminal in Delta state.

The militant group, which declared "an all-out war" against the military last month, threatened to expand its campaign in the region to include offshore oil facilities.