LAGOS (Reuters) - Oil unions threatened to withdraw from Nigeria's delta on Friday if security worsened as local militants hardened their rhetoric, vowing to resume attacks and execute three foreign hostages if another one died.
The militants, whose violent campaign has driven oil prices to a four-month high, are demanding the release of two Ijaw ethnic leaders, compensation for oil pollution and more local control over the delta's enormous oil wealth.
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