Nigeria: Mend claims responsibility for refinery fire

A group claiming to represent the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend), a loosely co-ordinated militant organisation that seeks increased local participation in Nigeria’s oil sector, has claimed responsibility for starting a fire in the topping section of the Warri refinery on 22 October. 
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation spokeswoman Tumini Green said the fire had rapidly been brought under control by firefighters and refinery staff, and the cause was being investigated. 
In a statement claiming responsibility, Mend said the fire proved its Hurricane Exodus campaign was on course.