Conflict in the Niger Delta

Conflict in the Niger Delta
Map of Nigeria numerically showing states typically considered part of the Niger Delta region: 1. Abia, 2. Akwa Ibom, 3. Bayelsa, 4. Cross River, 5. Delta, 6. Edo, 7.Imo, 8. Ondo, 9. Rivers
Date 2003–present (14 years) Location Niger Delta, Nigeria Result Ongoing ~15,000 militants signed for presidential amnesty program
Belligerents
Nigerian government Nigerian Armed Forces	Niger Delta Avengers (2016-present) Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (2016-present) Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force (2016-present) Niger Delta Red Squad (2016-present) Adaka Boro Avengers (2016-present) Asawana Deadly Force of Niger Delta (2016-present) Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders (2016-present) Reformed Egbesu Fraternities Red Egbesu Water Lions (2016-present) Reformed Egbesu Boys of the Niger Delta (2016-present) Egbesu Mightier Fraternity (2016-present) Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (2004-2014) Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (2003-2009) Niger Delta Liberation Front (2005-2014) Joint Revolutionary Council (2004-2014) Niger Delta Vigilante (2004-2009)
Commanders and leaders
Olusegun Obasanjo (2004–2007) Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (2007-2010) Goodluck Jonathan (2010–2015) Muhammadu Buhari (2015–present) Alexander Ogomudia (2003–2006) Martin Luther Agwai (2006–2007) Owoye Andrew Azazi (2007–2008) Paul Dike (2008–2010) Oluseyi Petinrin (2010–2012) Ola Ibrahim (2010–2014) Alex Sabundu Badeh (2014–2015) Abayomi Olonisakin (2015–present)	Henry Okah (POW) Government Ekpemupolo Ebikabowei Victor-Ben Dokubo-Asari John Togo † Ateke Tom
Strength
150,000 soldiers	unknown
Casualties and losses
	~15,000 militants surrendered as of 2016

Nigerian government

Niger Delta Avengers (2016-present)
Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (2016-present)
Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force (2016-present)
Niger Delta Red Squad (2016-present)
Adaka Boro Avengers (2016-present)
Asawana Deadly Force of Niger Delta (2016-present)
Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders (2016-present)

Reformed Egbesu Fraternities

Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (2004-2014)
Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (2003-2009)
Niger Delta Liberation Front (2005-2014)
Joint Revolutionary Council (2004-2014)

Henry Okah (POW)
Government Ekpemupolo
Ebikabowei Victor-Ben
Dokubo-Asari
John Togo †

The current conflict in the Niger Delta first arose in the early 1990s over tensions between foreign oil corporations and a number of the Niger Delta's minority ethnic groups who feel they are being exploited, particularly the Ogoni and the Ijaw. Ethnic and political unrest has continued throughout the 1990s despite the conversion to democracy and the election of the Obasanjo government in 1999. Competition for oil wealth has fueled violence between ethnic groups, causing the militarization of nearly the entire region by ethnic militia groups, Nigerian military and police forces, notably the Nigerian Mobile Police.

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