Henry Okahis the assumed Nigerian guerrilla leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta; a title he denies... (wikipedia)
We have no intention of executing them ever and will only keep them for as long as our demands are not attended to.
We are also considering the release of the Thai, Egyptian and Filipino hostages as well. Their countries do not have interests in the Nigerian oil industry.
Fresh targets will be hit shortly. There is no shortage of things to destroy.
There is great anger this time owing to the loss of lives in communities attacked by the choppers. We have very little regard for the lives of these hostages as we have lost a number of civilians in these raids.
He was released on account of his age and poor health with a stern warning not to return to the Niger Delta unless as a visitor. If he heeds this warning is entirely up to him.
Our units have been directed to capture more expatriates across the Niger delta.
We are interested in hostages of countries with interests in the Nigerian oil industry because their home governments will transfer the pressure they feel onto Nigeria's government. The hostages won't be freed any time soon.
We did this to grant Mr. Hawkins his birthday wish for freedom.
We are continuing with our attacks on oil facilities and oil workers in the next few days. We will act without further warning.
There has been no confrontation so far between our units and Nigerian soldiers.
We will commence with attacks in another area of the Niger delta with an aim to ensuring the total discontinuation of export of onshore crude oil.
We wish to warn the Chinese government and its oil companies to steer well clear of the Niger Delta. Chinese citizens found in oil installations will be treated as thieves. The Chinese government by investing in stolen crude places its citizens in our line of fire.
We are going to continue with the destruction of oil facilities in Delta state while concluding arrangements for our wider attacks on the entire region.
Our anticipated strikes may commence in various locations of the Niger delta from this weekend in order to meet our anticipated target of a 30 percent cut in Nigeria's export capabilities for the month of February.
Anyone captured after this, as will surely be the case, will not be so lucky. These oil workers will soon understand that they don't stand a chance relying on the promises of safety by the Nigerian government and military.
That the Nigerian military has been preparing for weeks only for their incompetence to be revealed in mere minutes is enough warning to oil companies and their workers that they stand no chance against any of our units in the event of an attack.
The release of the hostages is not an indication of a cessation of our attacks against the oil industry and its workers.
At a time of our choosing, we will resume our attacks with greater devastation and no compassion on those who choose to disregard our warnings.
The Nigerian government is not sufficiently impacted to consider the conditions we have laid out before them and we perhaps need to be more ambitious in our attacks on oil facilities. Whether we will achieve this objective remains to be seen.
Eventually they will be released, but our conditions will be met.
The attacks will resume in earnest and the three hostages in our custody as well as those we will capture in the next few days will not be released until our conditions are met.
Shell employees will pay a terrible price for the use of Shell facilities in the attack of communities in the Niger delta.
That's correct, the Thai, Egyptians and Filipino have been released.
For now, their release is tied to the fulfillment of our stated conditions by the Nigerian government. We know that won't happen so soon, so in other words we intend keeping these guys for a long, long time.
The hostages were in the vicinity of this confrontation but none was injured.
The hostages are so far in good health. They have been scattered around communities.