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Nigerian Rebel Group Says It Attacks Shell’s Kokori Station

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March 03, 2010, 12:52 AM EST

By Dulue Mbachu

March 3 (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Kokori oil flow-station in the southern Niger River delta was attacked by the People’s Patriotic Revolutionary Force, the group said in an e-mailed statement yesterday.

The group said with the attack it was resuming “fresh and final hostilities in the Niger-Delta and beyond.”

The group called on international oil companies “to vacate the Niger-Delta region with immediate effect.”

Shell Nigeria spokesman Precious Okolobo didn’t didn’t immediately respond to a message left on his phone seeking comment.

To contact the reporter on this story: Dulue Mbachu in Lagos at dmbachu@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Ana Monteiro at amonteiro4@bloomberg.net

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