A painting depicting Isaac Adaka Boro, a former Niger Delta militant in the 1960s, is seen along a road in the village of Kiama near Yenagoa, in Nigeria's Delta region May 18, 2016. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) - Slumped in a chair at Port Harcourt airport in Nigeria's Delta region, community leader Udengs Eradiri warns that attacks on oil facilities there are likely to escalate unless the government "changes its body language".
Intensifying attacks in the Niger Delta this year have driven the OPEC member's oil output to a more than 20-year low, prompting President Muhammadu Buhari to move in more soldiers.
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