Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	militant
gptkbp:activeIn	gptkb:Niger_Delta
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Nigeria
gptkbp:founded	2006
gptkbp:fundedBy	oil theft ransoms
gptkbp:goal	compensation for environmental damage greater local control of oil resources
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND)
gptkbp:ideology	environmentalism resource control regional autonomy
gptkbp:knownFor	kidnapping of oil workers oil theft attacks on oil infrastructure
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Henry_Okah Jomo Gbomo (spokesperson, pseudonym)
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:2006_Shell_oil_pipeline_attack gptkb:2007_kidnapping_of_foreign_oil_workers 2009 government amnesty program
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Nigerian_government multinational oil companies
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Niger_Delta_Avengers gptkb:Nigerian_government_amnesty_program
gptkbp:responsibility	gptkb:Delta_State gptkb:Rivers_State gptkb:Akwa_Ibom_State gptkb:Bayelsa_State
gptkbp:status	active (as of 2024)
gptkbp:target	oil pipelines oil company staff oil installations
gptkbp:uses	kidnapping sabotage guerrilla tactics
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Ijaw_people gptkb:Ijaw
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6