PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria's delta region was hit by violence on Friday, as gunmen killed nine people and, separately, militants blew up a gas pipeline, in a sign of returning unrest to the oil producing area days after a relatively peaceful presidential election.

Opposition presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari beat incumbent Goodluck Jonathan in a landslide victory last weekend, producing some resentment in Jonathan's home region.

On Friday evening, in the town of Obrikom and the nearby village of Obor in Rivers state, gunmen went on a shooting spree, the police said.

"Some unknown armed men invaded the Obrikom and Obor communities ... killing nine, injuring two persons," Rivers state police spokesman Ahmed Mohammad said on Saturday.

The house of a parliamentary opposition candidate, Vincent Ogbagu of Buhari's All Progressives Congress, was set on fire.

Rivers, the home of oil and gas in Africa's biggest crude producer, was expected to be a flashpoint for election-related violence, particularly due to tensions between Governor Chibuike Amaechi and the presidency after he defected to the APC.

Gunfire and explosions hit an opposition rally in February, wounding several people, and other non-fatal bomb blasts rocked the state ahead of the polls.

On election day, at least two people were killed, including a member of the military, but tensions were deflated after Jonathan's early acceptance of defeat and call for calm.

In Delta state, militants from the Urhobo ethnic minority group blew up a gas pipeline in the early hours of Friday to draw attention to their exclusion from lucrative pipeline protection contracts with the state oil company, an official said.

"The Urhobo militants who carried out the attack have claimed responsibility," said Isa Ado, spokesman for the Pulo Shield taskforce, made up of members of various Nigerian security forces.

Reuters was not able to immediately contact the Urhobo group for comment.

Some former militants of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, which wrought havoc in the oil-producing creeks in the early 2000s, threatened to take up arms again should Jonathan lose but there was no immediate backlash after the president accepted defeat.

His People's Democratic Party swept the vote in Rivers and neighboring Bayelsa and Delta states.

The APC said the election had barely taken place in much of Rivers state and was a sham. The electoral commission sent a team to investigate but ultimately kept the results.

Observers said the Rivers vote was marred by ill-equipped polling units, unprepared electoral officers and some violence.

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Despite GEJ's efforts to please international observers and let peace pervade the polity, these fringe elements still chose to toe this inglorious pathway of destruction. I wish them luck in d hands of the no-nonsense general in d coming few days.

I hope NL e-rats daring the militants should now enlist to fight the militants rather than come online to boast

eagleonearth:
Despite GEJ's efforts to please international observers and let peace pervade the polity, these fringe elements still chose to toe this inglorious pathway of destruction. I wish them luck in d hands of the no-nonsense general in d coming few days.

Have you enlisted.?

BlackTechnology:
I hope NL e-rats daring the militants should now enlist to fight the militants rather than come online to boast





Have you enlisted.?

fvck the militants.

Now, an international media is among d first to disseminate ds news. Sooo shameful.

It was expected.

After may29 it would be operation shoot at sight

midolian:
fvck the militants.

Join the army to prove your bravery


Baby coward

BlackTechnology:



Join the army to prove your bravery


Baby coward

Again I say, fvck the militants..and fvck u 2

May 29 is not far..And if u are one of them, deliver this message to Asari and co....FVCK YA ALL

kastonkastrol:
Lol.... May29 is not very far... Very soon you guys will know the difference between a clueless jonathan with an army general. Mind you, buhari will take no prisoners.

The military needs guys like you to lead from the front

BlackTechnology:
I hope NL e-rats daring the militants should now enlist to fight the militants rather than come online to boast





Have you enlisted.?

It is an incontestable fact that d best hand to steer d ship of governance in Naija is a military and brutal one for dt matter. Buhari is warming up with gusto. You will hear stories and scores. Just watch d drama unfold.

midolian:
Again I say, fvck the militants..and fvck u 2

May 29 is not far..

Join the army baby coward

BlackTechnology:


The military needs guys like you to lead from the front

don't worry, very soon we will use you and your brothers for shooting practice

eagleonearth:
It is an incontestable fact that d best hand to steer d ship of governance in Naija is a military and brutal one for dt matter. Buhari is warming up with gusto. You will hear stories and scores. Just watch d drama unfold.

kastonkastrol:
don't worry, very soon we will use you and your brothers for shooting practice

You can help grandpa at the war front

Is expected!!!!! No wonder radio Biafra call Nigeria Zoo

Disturb only your region. Not mine. Kill your fathers,mothers and your relatives at your lost. You all will surely go to Hell Fire. With all the suffering in Nigeria.

PUSH1:
Disturb only your region. Not mine. Kill your fathers,mothers and your relatives at your lost. You all will surely go to Hell Fire. With all the suffering in Nigeria.

Fuel scarcity looming.

Snoring from my yansh....
Nonsense posts.....
Militant ko Buhari ni... Buhari should be ready for insult as they insulted jonathan.. This is not military rule... Its democracy.... U invade niger delta..... Nigeria will call for his impeachment....
But.. Peace is all and all.. Sai Nigeria

Very interesting tenure ahead

Amnesty money don expire niiiii.

What happened in rivers is pure political gangstarism. They were not militants fighting the govt persay. It was a pdp led attack on apc members. Pure politics. Who wan go back to mosquito infested bush. With all the money dem get. Abeg say sometin else. The atekes and boyloafs of this world are too comfortable right now to make trouble. Pocket of attacks might occur but trust me na shakara.
The delta blast was done by a group who said gejs govt neglected them. They merely made a statement according to them. They are even angry with gej so they cant fight for him.
Kidnaping and piracy hit an all time high in the last few years. Whatever happens in the creeks right now is not new. Its already happening. The boys dey para say their generals don corner every so dem nor gree down tools.
This is the true situation.

They'd be crushed mercilessly, who know Uche face?

midolian:
Again I say, fvck the militants..and fvck u 2

May 29 is not far..And if u are one of them, deliver this message to Asari and co....FVCK YA ALL

^^^Hehehehehe

Midolian is taking no prisoners.....not tonight!

if this is true then the east are not making any sense.....so nigeria has gone to d level that if our son loose election then we unlease trouble in d nation ........
madness of d highest order..
i hope d igbo wont claim buhari is killing dea son wen d military start takin dem down

BlackTechnology:
I hope NL e-rats daring the militants should now enlist to fight the militants rather than come online to boast



Have you enlisted.?

Y should we enlist to fight the militants? Bro, we're not in the 60s.

We'll just wait patiently for Buhari to be sworn in on the 29th of May and then acquire some couple of F35 Lightning a.k.a Shango [Which Brings Thunder Along With It] and decimate those belligerent rascals.

Nigeria is too big to be threatened & taken hostage by some bunch of rag-tag roaches.

Zoharariel:


Y should we enlist to fight the militants? Bro, we're not in the 60s.

We'll just wait patiently for Buhari to be sworn in on the 29th of May and then acquire some couple of F35 Lightning a.k.a Shango [Which Brings Thunder Along With It] and decimate those belligerent rascals.

Nigeria is too big to be threatened & taken hostage by some bunch of rag-tag roaches.

So Obj used paper jet during his regime .?


You can help grandpa fly the jet naaaaooo



When is Buhari probing Tinubu and OBJ

When they are done polluting their farmlands and water bodies, I'm very sure it would be no one but their parents and siblings that would die of starvation.

I hope Buhari puts a stop to all that free money/allowance trash. Let them work hard and earn a living just like other men.

Useless buffoons.

BlackTechnology:



So Obj used paper jet during his regime .?


You can help grandpa fly the jet naaaaooo



When is Buhari probing Tinubu and OBJ

Obj did not use any jet b4 levelling Odi....those millitants were no where to be found then... they couldnt even defend a village, they all ran away. Obj decided to soft pedal because he didnt want to repeat the Odi massacre.
In any case all their noise did not hinder Nigeria's prosperity during Obj's tenure. Heck he made so much money he could even afford to pay up Nigeria's debt and left huge amount of dollars in reserves.

We do not need this from anyone at times in our history, Nigeria needs to be great again & all hands should be on deck irrespective of tribe or political affiliation to achieve this.
GEJ still has a big role to play in this nation, especially, calming the millitants as he did under Yar'dua & not look the other way as Buhari did on the issue boko haram.

Your not even ashamed of that Odi debacle where Nigeria stvpid soldiers went to kill women, children and domestic animals yet couldn't stop militancy that bought her on her economic toes .

You didn't win Biafra without international support.
You couldn't win Boko Haram without international support.
You lost oil rich Bakassi without international support.
You couldn't fight militants without international support but paid handsomely through amnesty.

Nigeria army is just a salary earning institution for Northern poor children, they lack the brains, they lack the strategies, Northerners join NA to loot and escape from poverty not that they want to die for Nigeria

huptin:


Obj did not use any jet b4 levelling Odi....those millitants were no where to be found then... they couldnt even defend a village, they all ran away. Obj decided to soft pedal because he didnt want to repeat the Odi massacre.
In any case all their noise did not hinder Nigeria's prosperity during Obj's tenure. Heck he made so much money he could even afford to pay up Nigeria's debt and left huge amount of dollars in reserves.