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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday visit the Niger Delta region.
This will be the first time the Nigerian leader will make the trip to the region since taking office a year ago.
Over the past few weeks, the oil rich region has been rocked by a series of attacks on oil and gas facilities.
A militant group called Niger Delta Avengers has claimed responsibility for the attacks.
President Buhari’s visit was announced as the Niger Delta Avengers militant group issued a warning to oil firms in the southern region that their “facilities and personnel will bear the brunt of our fury,” according to a statement.
Buhari, on Sunday said the government would hold talks with leaders in Nigeria’s main oil-producing region to address their grievances, in a bid to stop a surge in pipeline attacks.
During his visit to the region, Buhari will stop at Ogoniland to launch a much-delayed programme to clean up areas heavily polluted by oil spills, a government official told Reuters.
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