rich delta say they will not bomb pipelines, despite a military crackdown on militant camps. A Niger Delta Liberation Force spokesman said in a Friday statement that they would “not let President Goodluck down by engaging in pipeline bombing” after an April 16 vote made Goodluck Jonathan the first elected president from the oil-producing region. He said a military operation in Nigeria's southern delta was unprovoked. The army said militants fired at soldiers during a routine patrol in Ayakoromor village Wednesday. Meanwhile, Suspected members of a sect blamed for a series of attacks in northern Nigeria have shot and killed a local chief and seriously wounded another person, police said Friday. Two motorcycle-riding gunmen opened fire late Thursday on Abba Mukhtar outside his home in Maiduguri, killing him and seriously injuring his friend, Borno State police spokesman Lawal Abdullahi said. “The attackers suspected of being members of the outlawed Boko Haram sect shot and killed the district head and seriously injured his friend,” Abdullahi said.
